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.
2023 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  23rd to 26th  Special  Ferrocement
 February  30th Jan to 4th Feb   CSEB  Intensive
 6th to 11th  AVD  Intensive
 April  3rd to 17th 
 Special  Bioclimatic Earth
 June  5th to 10th
 CSEB  Design
 12th to 17th  CSEB  Intensive
 19th to 24th
 AVD  Theory
 26th June to 1st July
 AVD  Masonry
 August  14th to 28th
 Special  Bioclimatic Earth
 September  4th to 9th
 11th to 16th
 CSEB  Production
 Masonry
 18th to 23rd
 25th to 30th
 AVD  Theory
 Masonry
 October  9th to 12th
 16th to 21st
 Special  Ferrocement
 Wind Generator
 November  20th to 25th
 27th to 2nd Dec
 CSEB  Design
 Intensive
 December  4th to 9th  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) All skill levels
AVD Intensive(1) Combination of AVD Theory & Masonry Theory and Practice & hands on Minimum of knowledge in mathematics and geometry
Ferrocement Casting of various ferrocement items Hands on (4 days only) All skill levels
Bioclimatic Earth Design with earth in varied bioclimatic regions Two-weeks course with 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.
For content of the training courses please choose desirable course from the sidebar.

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