Auroville Earth Institute

Training Outcome with Photos

Trainees are coming from all over the world for getting theoretical and practical knowledge on earth architecture and other appropriate building technologies. They enjoy working with their hands for building various things. Please note that when the information below does mention the location of the training course, it means that the training course was in Auroville.

2015 APRIL 13^th to 25^th - TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
46 Trainees from 8 countries (37 Indians, 1 Italian, 1 Swedish, 1 Swiss, 2 French, 1 Rwandan, 1 Brazilian, 2 Germans)

Learning to use the Auram press

Mixing soil for SRE foundations

End of the second week

2015 FEBRUARY 16^th to 21^st - ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
30 Trainees from 4 countries (26 Indians, 1 American, 1 Spanish, 2 Ivorians)

Working on stability calculations

Further stability calculations

Trainees building an arch

2015 FEBRUARY 9^th to 14^th - ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
38 Trainees from 5 countries (31 Indians, 3 Americans, 1 German, 1 Spanish, 2 Italians)

Using the Auram 3000 press

Practice with the Auram 3000

CSEB produced by trainees

2015 FEBRUARY 2^nd to 7^th - ONE WEEK COURSE ON DESIGNING WITH CSEB
23 Trainees from 3 countries (20 Indians, 2 Americans, 1 German)

Working on AutoCAD exercises

Trainees working on their laptops

2014 July 28^th to August 2^nd - ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
38 Trainees from 3 countries (35 Indians, 1 Canadian,1 Turkish)

Working on CSEB arches

2014 JULY 6^th to 11^th - ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
34 Trainees from 5 countries (29 Indians, 1 French, 1 Chinese, 2 Algerians, 1 Rwandan)

Students working on stability calculations

Students working on dome construction

2014 July 14^th to 19^th - ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
31 Trainees from 5 countries (26 Indians, 2 Algerians, 1 Spanish, 1 Chinese, 1 Belgian)

Group Photo

2014 JULY 7^th to 12^th - ONE WEEK COURSE ON DESIGNING WITH CSEB
26 Trainees from 2 countries(25 Indians, 1 Thai)

AutoCAD exercises designing with CSEB

2014 JUNE 9^th to 21^st - TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
31 Trainees from 2 countries (30 Indians, 1 German)

Practical exercises with domes

2014 June 2^nd to 7^th - ONE WEEK SPECIAL INTENSIVE COURSE ON FERROCEMENT
31 Trainees from 4 countries (28 Indians, 1 Spanish, 1 Thai, 1 French)

Group photo

2014 APRIL 7^th to 19^th - TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
24 Trainees from 3 countries (22 Indians, 1 Spanish, 1 Australian)

Starting to build an arch

Practical exercise on domes

2014 FEBRUARY 10^th to 22^nd - TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
29 Trainees from 4 countries (26 Indians, 1 Greek, 1 Portuguese, 1 Israeli)

Group photo - production week

Group photo - masonry week

2014 FEBRUARY 3^rd to 8^th - ONE WEEK COURSE ON DESIGNING WITH CSEB
16 Trainees from 2 countries(15 Indians, 1 French)

Group photo

2014 JANUARY 6^th to 11^th - ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
22 Trainees from 3 countries (20 Indians, 1 Australian, 1 Spanish)

Group photo

2013 DECEMBER 9^th to 21^st - TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
38 Trainees from 3 countries (36 Indians, 1 French, 1 American)

First week - AVD Theory	First week - AVD Theory	Catenary arch construction
Catenary arch construction	Pointed arch is ready	Group photo

2013 JUNE 10^th to 22^nd - TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
35 Trainees from 2 countries (33 Indians, 2 Spanish)

First week - AVD Theory	First week - AVD Theory	First week - AVD Theory
Theory week - group photo	Masonry week - building arches	Building a conical dome
Building a segmental dome	Building some domes	Group photo

2013 JUNE 3^rd to 8^th - ONE WEEK SPECIAL INTENSIVE COURSE ON FERROCEMENT
25 Trainees from 2 countries (24 Indians, 1 Bangladeshi)

Casting a round channel	Casting a rectangular table	Casting a cover
Casting a shelve	Casting a ferrocement door	Group photo

2013 APRIL 1^st to 13^rd - TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
30 Trainees from 8 countries (22 Indians, 2 British and one trainee from each country: Gambia, German, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, USA)

Mixing mortar	Filling out the input tray	Storing ready CSEB for initial curing
Operation of the Auram press	Operation of the Auram press	Rammed earth wall construction
Precasting a single and double beam	CSEB wall construction	Group photo

2013 FEBRUARY 11^th to 23^rd - TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
20 Trainees from 5 countries (13 Indians, 1 Canadian, 1 Monegasque, 3 Bangladeshi, 1 Swedish, 1 French)

Mixing mortar	Rammed earth wall construction	Building some arches
Checking course accuracy	CSEB wall construction	Group photo

2013 FEBRUARY 4^th to 9^th - ONE WEEK COURSE ON DESIGNING WITH CSEB
29 Trainees from 5 countries (22 Indians, 1 Canadian, 1 Monegasque, 3 Bangladeshi, 1 Swedish, 1 Australian)

Group photo

2012 DECEMBER 10^th to 22^nd - TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
41 Trainees from 4 countries (37 Indians, 1 American, 1 Mexican, 2 Belgian)

Building segmental 3 meter span vault	Keystone to be placed	Building a cloister dome
Building a segmental dome	Building a conical dome	Group photo

2012 DECEMBER 3^rd to 7^th - ONE WEEK SPECIAL COURSE ON PRODUCTION OF CSEB
7 future supervisors have been trained for SEDAB project (Social Enterprise Development in the Auroville Bioregion)

Group photo

2012 SEPTEMBER 17^th to 29^th - TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
31 Trainees from 5 countries (27 Indians, 1 Zambian, 1 Nigerian, 1 Spanish, 1 American)

Auarm press adjustment and maintenance	Operation of the Auram press	Plain block 240 is ready!
Building a rammed earth wall	Steel preparation	First course is starting above a plinth
Ramming foundation	Building some arches	Group photo

2012 SEPTEMBER 3^rd to 15^th - TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
39 Trainees from 2 countries (38 Indians, 1 Nigerian)

Theory class leaded by Satprem	Practical classes - designing AVD using AutoCAD	Building a semicircular arch
Building a segmental dome	Trainees improvise during construction of the dome	Segmental dome construction
Building a conical dome	Building a groined dome	Group photo

2012 AUGUST 13^th - ONE DAY AWARENESS PROGRAMME ON "EARTH ARCHITECTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE HABITAT"
10 young architects from France

Preparing mix for CSEB

Hollow interlocking block is ready!

Building some arches

2012 July 23^rd to 28^th - ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
23 Trainees from 2 countries (21 Indians, 2 French)

Basics of masonry - theory class	Filling mix into Auram press	Operating Auram press
Working on rammed earth foundation	Plinth laying	Group photo

2012 July 16^th to 21^st - ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
33 Trainees from 5 countries (26 Indians, 4 French, 1 American, 1 British, 1 Spaniard)

Designing vaulted structures - practical work	Building a cloister dome	Building a segmental dome
Building a segmental dome	Building a hemispherical dome	Building a conical dome

Group photo

2012 July 9^th to 14^th - ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
30 Trainees from 6 countries (19 Indians, 4 French, 4 American, 1 British, 1 Spaniard, 1 Nepalese)

Masonry - theory	Basics of masonry - practice	CSEB 240 is ready! (Production)
Mix preparation	Production process	Rammed earth workshop

Group photo

2012 July 2^nd to 7^th - ONE WEEK COURSE ON DESIGNING WITH CSEB
24 Trainees from 3 countries (22 Indians, 1 French, 1 Spanish)

Reviewing drawings by Satprem

Team work

Group photo

2012 June 11^th to 23^rd - TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
32 Trainees from 2 countries (31 Indians, 1 Italian)

First week - theory	First week - practical work	This time the trainees had the opportunity to participate in the construction of real building
Second week - building vaulted structures	Hands-on - building squinched dome	Hands-on - building conical dome

Group photo

2012 June 4^th to 9^th - ONE WEEK SPECIAL INTENSIVE COURSE ON FERROCEMENT
17 Trainees from India

Group photo

2012 APRIL 16^th to 21^st - ONE WEEK COURSE ON DESIGNING WITH CSEB
14 Trainees from 4 contries (11 Indians, 1 Australian, 1 French, 1 Swiss)

2012 APRIL 2^nd to 14^th - TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
24 Trainees from 7 contries (14 Indians, 1 Australian, 2 British, 2 French, 1 Malayan, 2 Swiss, 2 American)

Group photo

2012 FEBRUARY 20^th to 25^th - ONE WEEK SPECIAL INTENSIVE COURSE ON FERROCEMENT
14 Trainees from 6 countries (6 Indians, 3 Canadian, 2 French, 1 German, 1 Hong Kong, 1 Dutch)

Preparing mesh	Casting round table	Applying red oxide on the round table
Casting slab	Cutting the edge	Group photo

2012 FEBRUARY 6^th to 18^th - TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
35 Trainees from 4 countries (31 Indians, 1 Australian, 2 French, 1 Spanish)

Operating Auram 3000 press - first week

Hands-on workshop (building arches) - second week

Group photo

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