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Issue No: 303, October 2014

A question of equality

The Auroville architects, in a rare expression of solidarity, have categorically rejected a recommendation of the Funds and Assets Management Committee (FAMC) to limit their architect fees to 3.5% of the total costs of any Auroville construction project with an overall cost of over Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million or € 125,000). The Auroville architects questioned why the recommendation was made without consultation, and demanded to know why the FAMC proposed to overrule the scale of charges as recommended by the Indian Council of Architects. The topic raised a spirited discussion on Auronet. The ‘trigger’ for the FAMC’s recommendation is a planned major housing project where the architect’s fee will be 5.5 % of the cost of the construction (Rs 550,000 – € 7,000, for a project costing Rs 1 crore), and the fee for the project manager another 2%. (Rs 200,000 – € 2,500) Both percentages are part of the house costs to be paid by future residents, who are Aurovilians. Housing is a ...
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Issue No. 303, October 2014

  • Editorial
  • I love Auroville because ...
  • Leaving Auroville to be part of it
  • Why am I in Auroville?
  • Between Auroville and the West
  • Auroville is not better than anywhere else
  • I really miss Auroville
  • Strengthening the link between Auroville and the world
  • Why I chose to come back to Auroville
  • Auroville changes people ...
  • An amazing worthwhile place
  • A question of equality
  • Art Break Day 2014: India!
  • Creative Expressions from Auroville
  • Transforming lives
  • Kireetbhai, a lover of Auroville (Passing)
  • The Auroville website: a new way of communicating
  • In memoriam Dr. Kireet Joshi (Passing)
  • World Bamboo Day in Auroville

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