Auroville Earth Institute

Training Dates and Info

The various courses held in Auroville aim to introduce and promote the technology of stabilised earth to build with. The AURAM equipment for earth construction and the technologies taught have been developed by the Auroville Earth Institute.

2012 SCHEDULED COURSES

Months	Dates	Category	Details	CSEB = Compressed Stabilised Earth Blocks AVD = Arches, Vaults and Domes All classes are held in English. Training courses are restricted to 30 people and a written confirmation should be obtained before sending persons to attend a course. Note that the courses are very intensive and that any lecture missed will be detrimental to the trainee. A certificate will be issued at the end of every week and manuals will be given. Trainees should bring working clothes for the masonry, production and intensive courses. Extra training courses can be organised upon request (all listed plus earthquake resistance week and ferrocement week). Minimum of 12 trainees is required, otherwise the course is cancelled.
February	6^th to 11^th 13^th to 18^th	CSEB	Production Masonry
February	20^th to 25^th	Special	Ferrocement
April	2^nd to 7^th 9^th to 14^th 16^th to 21^st	CSEB	Production Masonry Design studio
June	4^th to 9^th	Special	Ferrocement
June	11^th to 16^th 18^th to 23^rd	AVD	Theory Masonry
July	2^nd to 7^th	CSEB	Design studio
July	9^th to 14^th	CSEB	Intensive
July	16^th to 21^st	AVD	Intensive
July	23^rd to 28^th	CSEB	Intensive
September	3^rd to 8^th 10^th to 15^th	CSEB	Production Masonry
September	17^th to 22^nd 24^th to 29^th	AVD	Theory Masonry
December	10^th to 15^th 17^th to 22^nd	AVD	Theory Masonry

COURSES CONTENT AND DETAILS

Course type	Content	Theory – Practice or hands on	Eligibility
CSEB Production	How to produce CSEB´s with Auram press 3000, set up a unit and select a good soil	Theory (2 days) & practice (4 days)	Everybody
CSEB Masonry	How to use earth to build foundations, walls, columns, beams...	Hands on (6 days)	Everybody
CSEB Intensive⁽¹⁾	Combination of CSEB Production & Masonry	Theory and practice & Hands on	Everybody
CSEB Designing	How to design a building with CSEB (NEW)	Theory (3 days) & practice (3 days)	Architect background. AutoCAD basics are required.
AVD Theory	Stability study of arches, vaults and domes in CSEB	Theory (2 days) & practice (4 days)	Minimum of knowledge in mathematics and geometry
AVD Masonry	Building arches, vaults and domes	Hands on (6 days)	Everybody
AVD Intensive⁽¹⁾	Combination of AVD Theory & Masonry	Theory and Practice & Hands on	Idem as AVD Theory
Ferrocement⁽²⁾	How to cast various ferro-cement pieces	Hands on	Everybody

⁽¹⁾ Intensive weeks are a combination of a two week program, so everything cannot be taught into one week.

⁽²⁾ Minimum 10 people, maximum 20

For more details please see Content of Training courses

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