Auroville is an unfinished, evolving experimental city, continuously working toward the original "Galaxy Plan" envisioned by French architect Roger Anger.
* **The Master Plan (Galaxy Concept):** The ultimate goal is a city of 50,000 residents, laid out in a spiral/galaxy shape with the Matrimandir at the center, surrounded by four zones: Residential, Industrial, Cultural, and International. * **The Crown Road:** A major, albeit recently controversial, infrastructure project designed to build a circular pedestrian and electric-vehicle corridor connecting the four zones of the city. * **Economic Plans:** Moving closer to the original ideal of an economy free of circulating currency, relying instead on a centralized maintenance system where residents contribute work and receive basic needs, though a hybrid economy currently exists. * **Infrastructure Improvements:** Expanding decentralized water treatment (DEWATS), increasing the solar grid capacity to become entirely energy-independent, and building more high-density sustainable housing to accommodate population growth.
