Auroville Earth Institute

Training Dates and Info

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

2022 ON-CAMPUS 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 in addition to earthquake resistance). Minimum of 12 trainees is required, otherwise the course will be cancelled.
January	17^th to 22^nd	CSEB	Intensive
March	7^th to 12^th 14^th to 19^th	Special	Ferrocement Wind Generator
April	25^th to 30^th	CSEB	Design
May	2^nd to 7^th	CSEB	Intensive
	9^th to 14^th	AVD	Intensive
	23^rd to 6^th June (2 weeks)	Special	Bioclimatic Earth
July	27^th Jun to 2^nd 4^th to 9^th	AVD	Theory Masonry
July	25^th to 30^th	CSEB	Design
August	1^st to 6^th	CSEB	Intensive
August	15^th to 29^th (2 weeks)	Special	Bioclimatic Earth
September	5^th to 10^th 12^th to 17^th	CSEB	Production Masonry
September	19^th to 24^th 26^th to 1^st Oct	AVD	Theory Masonry
October	10^th to 15^th 17^th to 22^nd	Special	Ferrocement Wind Generator
November	21^st to 26^th 28^th to 3^rd Dec	CSEB	Design Intensive
December	5^th to 10^th	AVD	Intensive

COURSES CONTENT AND DETAILS

Course type	Content	Theory – Practice or hands on	Eligibility
CSEB Production	Production of CSEB´s with Auram press 3000, soil selection, and set up of production units	Theory (2 days) Practice (4 days)	All skill levels
CSEB Masonry	Construction of foundations, walls, columns, beams and arches with earth	Hands on (6 days)	All skill levels
CSEB Intensive⁽¹⁾	Combination of CSEB Production & Masonry	Theory and Practice & hands on	All skill levels
CSEB Design	Design of buildings with CSEB	Theory (3 days) Practice (3 days studio)	Architecture background. AutoCAD basics required.
AVD Theory	Structural stability studies of arches, vaults and domes built with CSEB	Theory (2 days) Practice (4 days)	Minimum of knowledge in mathematics and geometry
AVD Masonry	Construction of 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	Casting of various ferrocement items	Hands on (6 days)	Everybody
Bioclimatic Earth	Design with earth in varied bioclimatic regions	Theory, Practice & Design Workshop	Architects and students of architecture
Wind Generator	Design and construction of a wind generator	Hands on (6 days)	All skill levels

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

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