The BuildAur /Dustudio in Swayam community with its Japanese stone garden
Auroville’s Dustudio / BuildAur,
in collaboration with three other organizations, has won a bid to
facilitate the process of designing and building 250,000 ‘social’
houses in Gujarat.
On August 15, the new architecture
office of BuildAur / Dustudio was inaugurated in Swayam community.
It’s an attractive building. A part of its rammed-earth façade is
decorated with large calligraphic signs. In front is a small
Japanese-style stone garden, designed in collaboration with Jyoti and
Isha. “Jyoti got most of the boulders from the Kangra valley in the
foothills of the Himalayas,” says Dharmesh. “The white pebbles
are from Gujarat and the other stones from Tamil Nadu.” He smiles.
“It’s kind of a symbol of unity in diversity.”
Dharmesh has been working as
calligrapher, engineer and architect ever since he joined Auroville
in 1992. “I first initiated the architecture studio Kolam, together
with Raman and Anupa...
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