The India Studio is the landscape arch. studio of my junior class. The class' assignment was to create a sustainable residential garden, and later community, for a tropical setting. All of the students in the class have never been to India, and for some, outside of the US. The purpose of the 12-day trip was to get the class acquainted with the class with the site, the tropical environments and the novel sustainable efforts that is going on in Auroville, a man-made 'global-city' located just north of Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu. More on that later.
When I began the journey, I barely knew the names of people in the class, even though I am familiar with their face, but by the end of it, I'm happy to say that I knew their names and more. We traveled as a group of 12, pictured above (left to right): Hans, Jen, Lauren, Lindsey, I Maria, Rachel, myself, Liz, Chetan, Dave, Kris and Kathy.
