Splicing the London landscape till there is little public space to speak of, grids, fences and wire meshing forbid entry. Do not enter, do not trespass. The safeguarding of private property is a rising obsession, an obsession far from being recent, but one that is increasingly aggressive, an obsession with serrated teeth. At the heart of the city, wire and wall are at their most obvious. Outside Liverpool station, imposing facades confine pedestrians to stark streets. It is a place of transience.
Auroville is a utopian modernist-mystic community/architectural project in southern India. It aims to be heaven on earth.
Auroville aims to be in harmony with nature.
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