Town Plan: Auroville

SUBMITTED BY:
ROHIT CHOPRA
VIKAS VARMA
JINI JOHN
SURAJ SONI
SHOURYA GOSWAMI
 Auroville: The universal Township

 Location: Situated 10 Kms. North of Pondicherry in

the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
 Auroville is meant to be a Universal town where people
from any country or caste can live in peace and
harmony.
 Currently Aurouville resides 2345 people from almost
45 countries amongst which around 1/3 are Indian.
 The original master plan is meant to achieve a total
population of 50,000 permanent residents from all
around the world
 The Concept

 The initial concept of the

city was laid down by
Mirra Alfassa (The
mother).
 The city was
conceptualized in the
form of a galaxy with
central peace zone and
other areas radiating out
from the central zone
and finally surrounded
by a thick green zone
 Land Use

 In the heart of the city is the

Matrimandir and its gardens.
 Whole of the city is
surrounded by a thick green
belt comprising of forest land
& agricultural use(1.2 km
wide).
 The city is divided into five
major zones:
1. Industrial Zone(109 hect.)
2. International Zone(74 hec.)
3. Residential Zone(189 hect.)
4. Culctural Zone(103 hect)
5. Peace Area
 Land Use(Built Area)

Use Area(Hectares) %
Residential 95 40.9
Village Settlements 20
Auroville Community 75
Commercial 19 8.2
•Manufacturing 10 4.3
•Public/Semi Public 65 28
•Roads/Streets 30 13
•Playgrounds 13 5.6
Sub total 232 100
 Land Use(Unbuilt Area)

Land Use Area(Hectares) %

`
•Regenerated Land 598 34.5
•Agricultural Land
Agriculture & Related 50 2.9
Farming 940 54.3
•Water Bodies 45 2.6
•Canyon, waste & others 98 5.7
•Sub Total 1731 100

Land Use Area

Grand Total 1963
 Road Network

 Car Free Plan

1. All areas of the city are within 5 or 6
minutes walking distance.
2. The outer ring road could take motorized
traffic and connect with centralized
parking areas there.
3. Onward travel would be BY bicycle .

 Pedal-power within the city proper:

1. Inside the outer ring road area, transport
of
2. people and goods would be by pedal-power
3. (there will be a network of pleasant cycle
and
4. walking paths) and electric-powered
vehicles.

 Parking at outer ring-road : The outer

ring road will be large storage yards for  Schematic Road Network
accommodating supplies while awaiting
dispatch into the city.
 Waste Water Treatment

1. First wastewater recycling solutions : septic tank and soak

pit
2. Develop planted filters, also called constructed wetlands or
3. Root zone treatment systems.
4. Effective Microorganism (EM) technology .
 Power Generation

1. About 150 houses use solar PV electricity and heaters for their
energy requirements.
2. The power distribution of around 600 consumer connections is
carried through a system of 28 distribution transformers.
 RENEWABLE ENERGY :total of around 250kw of electricity
producing solar panels are installed
 Solar Kitchen : The solar concentrator that generates enough
steam to cook for 2,000 people a day .

Solar Cooker Panel Solar Panels

 Resource Consumption

Water Consumption
Total Water Pumped 1, 502,029 KL
Total Water Pumped for Residential 522,748 KL
Sector
Per Capita/Day Consumption of 1,779 litres
Total
Per Capita/Day Consumption Reside 620 litres
ntial

Electricity Consumptio Total% CO2 % of Total

Sources n(MW/Yr.) Emission
TNEV 3965 43 3767 78
Renewable 1260 14 - 0
Diesel/Petrol 1753 19 373 8
Thermal 2322 25 672 14
 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

Auroville’s current water infrastructure is highly

decentralized with an estimated number of 150 bore wells
supplying the water requirements for the residential and
other sectors of Auroville. Water pricing differs from location
to location, as well as water metering systems, quality of
operation and maintenance .Wastewater treatment at
Auroville is either done at the settlement or the building level
using technologies such as decentralized wastewater
treatment systems or simple septic tanks.
 ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE

Auroville draws its main supply of electrical energy from the Tamil Nadu
Electricity Board (TNEB) through the 110/22 kV sub-stations located at Irrumbai

village. Several load-centre sub-stations are located around the township to

step down the voltage from 22 kV to 415 V and supply 3-phase electricity

through low-tension distribution lines to the end users. As of 2014, there are

a total of 28 transformers in 15 sub-stations, with a cumulative capacity of

3,282 VA. Two standard sizes of transformers are used, either 63 kVA or 100

kVA. A few Auroville communities and establishments are also connected to

the transformers supplying electricity to the neighbouring villages.

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