Citadines

Citadines is a modern housing complex for Aurovilians. People that live there have a common eatery, along their individual kitchen. Being Citadines a three stories building, it is possible for us to experiment with long-life creepers, such as flowers and passion fruit, along the stairs going to the roof. On the first floor of one of these two buildings, some forty salad plants have already been planted. A passion fruit has been planted on the ground of the other building, which is creeping up and is meant to cover the stair-rails so that people will be able to pluck the fruit right outside their door.

The most valuable element that Citadines can add to the urban farming project is the roof-tops. They have already some infrastructure in place for sourcing water, although we are still addressing issues related to soil and aesthetics. We plan to have either raised beds, recycled containers and/or structures for creepers, in order to start some production while providing some shaded area for recreational purposes. Citadines already recycles its waste water, hence we are planning to only use recycled water for this area, in order to minimize their ecological foot-print.

Citadines can really become a model roof-top and modern habitat due to its modernity, high population and status within Auroville, and we are very grateful that they offered this space to us.