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.

2024 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). Minimum of 12 trainees is required, otherwise the course is cancelled.
January	22^nd to 25^th	Special	Ferrocement
February	29^th Jan to Feb 3^rd	CSEB	Intensive
February	5th to 10th	AVD	Intensive
April	22nd to 25th	Special	Ferrocement
May	6^th to 11^th	CSEB	Design
	13^th to 18^th	CSEB	Intensive
	20^th to 25^th	AVD	Intensive
June	3rd to 8th	CSEB	Intensive
June	10th to 15th	AVD	Intensive
August	12th to 26th	Special	Bioclimatic Earth
September	2nd to 7th 9th to 14th	CSEB	Production Masonry
September	16th to 21st 23rd to 28th	AVD	Theory Masonry
October	14th to 17th	Special	Ferrocement
November	11th to 16th 18th to 23rd	CSEB	Design Intensive
November	25th to 30th	AVD	Intensive

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	Theory (3 days) Practice (3 days studio)	Architect background. AutoCAD basics are required.
CSEB Disaster Resistance	How to design & build disaster-resistant buildings with CSEB	Theory (2 days) Practice (4 days)	Everybody
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	How to cast various ferro-cement pieces	Hands on	Everybody
Bioclimatic Earth	Design with earth in varied bioclimatic regions	Theory, Practice & Design Workshop	Architects and students of architecture

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

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