DDP provides practical implementation strategies for Auroville based on concepts of Roger Anger from the 1960s. The utopian ideals for Auroville reflected the social and political context of the time, evident in its search for a spiritual utopia, establishing an “international” city and envisioning it as a radically new form of urban settlement. The project of realising the city of Auroville still continues, though its original ideals and planning is analysed for its relevance today. The DDP provides further guidelines to the residential sectors, presenting strategies of land use, movement, urban form and density which are largely informed by ecological and infrastructural considerations. The DDP carries forth the utopian ideals as envisioned by Anger, with landscape used as a medium and model for the city as a collective spatial project. Composed of successive plans drawing out key strategies, the DDP is an outcome of research-based studios and consultancy work with the Town Development Council of Auroville.
