Publications
A series of books and manuals has been published for the dissemination of earth-based technologies. They can be ordered to the Auroville Earth Institute. If you would like to order some of them, send an email to info@earth-auroville.com mentioning your complete postal address and a telephone number along with your order, so that we can send you a price list and/or a quotation, including charges for the courier service.
22 publications are presently available in 5 series: Introduction booklets - Training manuals - Case studies - User manuals - Video DVDs
Ref. |
Title |
INTRODUCTION BOOKLETS |
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I. 01 |
Block-yard organization - Auroville Earth Institute - 1996, revised 1999 - 9 p. |
I. 03 |
Building with arches, vaults and domes - Auroville Earth Institute - 1996 - 16 p. |
I. 06 |
Rammed earth - Auroville Earth Institute - 1996 - 6 p. with colour photos |
I. 07 |
Compressed stabilised earth blocks - Auroville Earth Institute - 1996 - 8 p. |
I. 08 |
Hollow interlocking CSEB for earthquake resistant houses - Auroville Earth Institute - 1996, revised 2005 - 10 p. |
I. 09 |
Masonry with compressed stabilised earth blocks - Auroville Earth Institute - 1997 - 34 p. |
I. 10 |
Soil identification for earth construction - Auroville Earth Institute - 1997 - 12 p. |
I. 11 |
Economic Feasibility to Set up a CSEB Unit - Auroville Earth Institute - 2001, revised 2011 - 37 p. Given with a software on CD to calculate the cost and economic feasibility of CSEB |
I. 12 |
Earthen architecture for sustainable habitat - Auroville Earth Institute - 2002- 16 p. |
TRAINING MANUALS |
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TM. 03 |
Earthquake resistant buildings with hollow interlocking blocks - Training manual for architects and engineers Auroville Earth Institute - 2001, revised 2005 - 43 p. with colour photos and plans |
TM. 04 |
Building with arches, vaults and domes - Training manual for architects and engineers Auroville Earth Institute - 2002, revised 2005 - 115 p. with colour photos and plans |
TM. 06 |
Production and Use of Compressed Stabilised Earth Blocks - Code of Practice Auroville Earth Institute - 2010, 136 p. with colour photos |
CASE STUDIES |
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CS. 01 |
Dome of the Dhyanalingam Temple (? 22.16 m) - Auroville Earth Institute - 1999 - 32 p. with colour photos and plans |
CS. 02 |
AUM House, cost effective and disaster resistant - Auroville Earth Institute - 2000, revised 2002 - 57 p. with colour photos and plans |
CS. 03 |
VIKAS community at Auroville - Towards a holistic development- Auroville Earth Institute - 2000 - 67 p. with colour photos and plans |
CS. 05 |
Building with earth in Auroville - Auroville Earth Institute - 2002, revised 2005 - 33 p. with colour photos and plans |
USER MANUALS |
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UM. 01 |
AURAM press 3000 - Auroville Earth Institute - 1992, revised 1995 - 60 p. |
UM. 02 |
AURAM press 240 & 290 - Auroville Earth Institute - 1994 - 53 p. |
UM. 03 |
AURAM Press 3000, Making special blocks - Auroville Earth Institute - 1996 - 12 p. |
UM. 04 |
AURAM Press 3000, Hollow Interlocking compressed stabilised earth blocks - Auroville Earth Institute - 2005 - 34p. |
VIDEO DVDs |
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DVD.01 |
Building with earth in the world - 28 min. Slide show with 170 slides - Auroville Earth Institute - 2004 |
DVD.02 |
Building with earth in Auroville - 27 min. Slide show with video clips - Auroville Earth Institute - 2006 |
