Training Outcome with Photos
Page two 2004 – 2011
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.
2011 SEPTEMBER 19th to OCTOBER 1st - ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
35 trainees from 6 countries (29 Indians, 1 Nigerian, 1 Sri Lankian, 2 Russians, 1 Thai, 1 Malawian)
 Designing AVD - first week |
 Building dome |
 Group photo |
2011 SEPTEMBER 5th to 17th - TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
30 trainees from 9 countries (21 Indians, 1 Nigerian, 1 Thai, 2 Russians, 1 Bhutanese, 1 Bangladeshi, 1 Pakistani, 1 Spanish, 1 German)
 Soil analisys |
 Operating Auram 3000 press |
 Masonry week |
 Building wall with CSEB |
 Building rammed earth wall |
 Group photo |
2011 AUGUST 22th to 27th - ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
24 trainees from CSI Institute of Technology, Secunderabad, India
 Personal work - designing arch |
 Hands-on - building dome |
 Group photo |
2011 JULY 18th to 23rd - ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
19 trainees from 3 countries (17 Indians, 1 French, 1 Italian)
 Satprem give an explanation |
 Personal work with Autocad |
 Building semi-circular arch |
 Building a dome |
 Building a dome with openings |
 Group photo |
2011 JULY 11th to 16th - ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
30 trainees from 5 countries (23 Indians, 2 French, 1 Chilean, 2 Nepalese, 2 Spanish)
 Building a dome |
 Cheking shape |
 Building a dome |
2011 JULY 4th to 9th - ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
30 trainees from 4 countries (25 Indians, 2 French, 1 Chilean, 2 Nepalese)
 Preparing mix for CSEB |
 Round block 290 is ready! |
 Group photo |
2011 JUNE 20th to JULY 2nd - TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
30 trainees from 5 countries (25 Indians, 1 Italian, 2 British, 1 Swiss, 1 Spanish)
 First week: Personal work on stability study, drawn by hand |
 Stability study with the Catenary method |
 Checking the stability study by Satprem |
 Second week: Building semi-circular arch |
 Building conical dome |
 Group photo of AVD June 2011 |
2011 MARCH 30th - ONE DAY AWARENESS PROGRAMME ON EARTH ARCHITECTURE
17 Indian trainees from Rizvi College of Architecture, Mumbai
 Group photo |
2010 DECEMBER 5th to 17th - TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
30 trainees from 6 countries (24 Indians, 1 Egyptian, 1 British, 1 Spanish, 2 Americans, 1 Israeli)
 Teaching how to build a vault |  Building domes |  Group photo of AVD December 2010 |
2010 SEPTEMBER 13th to 25th - TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
29 trainees from 4 countries (23 Indians, 4 French, 1 Saudi Arabian, 1 American)
 First week: studying the stability of arches and vaults |  Teaching how to build an arch |  Group photo of AVD September 2010 batch |
2010 AUGUST 30th to SEPTEMBER 4th - TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
37 trainees from 6 countries (28 Indians, 1 British, 4 French, 2 Germans, 1 Italian, 1 Ugandan)
 Production of CSEB with the Auram Press 3000 |  Steel mat preparation for composite column |  Group photo of CSEB September 2010 batch |
2010 JUNE 28th to JULY 3rd - ONE WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
21 trainees from 3 countries (17 Indians, 1 French, 1 Spanish, 2 Egyptians)
 Preparation for plinth beam |  Casting of plinth beam |  Identification of soils |
2010 JUNE 14th to 26th - TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS and DOMES
35 trainees from 4 countries (31 Indians, 1 Mexican, 1 Italian, 2 Egyptian)
 First week: studying the stability of arches and vaults |  Second week: building a cloister dome |  Building a conical dome |
2010 APRIL 5th to 17th - TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
28 trainees from 7 countries (21 Indians, 2 Ghanians, 1 Portuguese, 1 Iraqi, 1 Italian, 1 Iranian, 1 British)
 Casting plinth beam |  Production of CSEB with the Auram Press 3000 |  Group photo of April´s 2010 batch |
2010 FEBRUARY 8th to 20th – TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
11 trainees from 5 countries (4 Indians, 1 German, 1 Palestine, 2 Israeli, 3 American)
 Production of CSEB with the Auram Press 3000 |  Building a dome |  Group photo of February’s 2010 batch |
2010 JANUARY 25th to 30th – ONE WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
26 trainees from 5 countries (21 Indians, 1 French, 2 Israeli, 1 Turkish, 1 American)
 Building a pointed dome |
 Testing and balancing on a dome |
 Checking the stability study |
2010 JANUARY 18th to 23rd – ONE WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
19 trainees from 4 countries (15 Indians, 1 French, 1 Israel, 2 American)
 Personal work on stability study, drawn by hand |
 Personal work on stability study with computers |
 Checking the stability study |
OCT 5th to 8th – FOUR DAYS COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
22 trainees from 3 countries (20 Indians, 1 Israeli, 1 Netherlands)
This course was conducted on request of the Council of Architecture, Kerala Chapter, as they wished to promote this technology in Kerala.
2009 SEPTEMBER 14th to 26th – TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
39 trainees from 9 countries (28 Indians, 2 French, 2 American, 1 German, 2 Spanish, 1 Bangladeshi, 1 Nigerian, 1 Jordanian, 1 New Zealand)
 First week = Personal work on stability study, drawn by hand |  Second week = Building arches, vault and domes |  Distributing certificates and training course materials |
2009 AUG 31st to SEPT 12th – TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
25 trainees from 8 countries (17 Indians, 2 French, 1 American, 1 Nigerian, 1 German, 1 Spanish, 1 Bangladeshi, 1 Jordanian)
 Building a composite column |  Stabilised rammed earth walls |  Group photo of September’s 2009 batch |
2009 AUGUST 7th to 15th – EIGHT DAYS COURSE ON PRODUCTION OF CSEB
At Kathmandu, Nepal
29 trainees from Nepal (Department of Education and Institute of Engineering)
Satprem Maïni, director of the Auroville Earth Institute, was invited to Nepal at Kathmandu in August 2009 to conduct a training course on the production of CSEB for engineers of the Department of Education and the Institute of Technology. This project was a follow up of the school built last year in 20 days at Jantanagar / Nepal, and it was done in the framework of the project by the Department of Education to build 50,000 classrooms in the next 5 years. The training course, which was conducted in the premises of the Institute of Engineering, was financed by Danida, the Danish Action Aid in collaboration with MS Nepal.
 3 days of theoretical lectures |  Production of CSEB with the Auram Press 3000 |  Group photo of Kathmandu batch |
2009 JULY 31st to AUGUST 4th – FIVE DAYS INTENSIVE COURSE ON PRODUCTION OF CSEB
At Karatu, Tanzania
12 trainees from Karatu
This training for the production of blocks was the first step of a technology transfer to the NGO Bricks for Life in Tanzania. Satprem Maïni, director of the Auroville Earth Institute conducted a training course on the production of CSEB. This training course was sponsored by the project “Bricks for Life” created and financed by Mr. Alberto Navarro, a Spanish citizen, resident in USA. This training course happened in the premises of Ganako School and the first blocks produced will be used for building the library of the school that Satprem designed and which will be built in December 2008.
 Introduction to soil identification |  Production of CSEB with the Auram Press 3000 |  Initial stacking of CSEB, just after production |
2009 JUNE 29th to JULY 4th – ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
28 trainees from 5 countries (19 Indians, 1 Austrian, 5 French, 2 Spanish, 1 Philippine)
 Group photo of July’s 2009 batch |
2009 JUNE 15th to 27th – TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
27 trainees from 4 countries (24 Indians, 1 French, 1 Austrian, 1 American)
 Personal work on stability study, drawn by hand |  Personal work on stability study with computers |  Checking the stability study |
 Building a pointed dome and doing round openings |  Building a pointed dome |  Completing the pointed dome with round openings |
 Building a squinche dome with openings |  Building a squinche dome |  Completed squinche dome with openings |
 Building a conical dome |  Testing a conical dome |  Group photo of June’s 2009 batch |
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2009 FEBRUARY 9th to 21st – TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
33 trainees from 7 countries (10 Indians, 3 French, 3 Dutch, 1 Spanish, 2 Germans, 12 Nepalese, 1 Portuguese, 1 Italian)
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2009 JANUARY 19th to 24th – ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
23 trainees from 6 countries (17 Indians, 1 Austrian, 2 Israeli, 1 French, 1 Australian, 1 Ukrainian)
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2008 SEPTEMBER 1st to 13th – TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
23 trainees from 6 countries (15 Indians, 3 French, 1 Belgian, 1 Swiss, 1 Portuguese, 1 Ethiopian, 1 South African)
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2008 JUNE 30th to JULY 5th – ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
32 trainees from 5 countries (24 Indians, 2 Americans, 1 New Zealander, 3 Spanish, 2 Bangladeshis)
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2008 JUNE 16th to 28th – TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
(37 trainees: 15 Indians, 4 French, 1 New Zealander, 13 American, 1 Spanish, 2 Bangladeshis, 1 Taiwanese)
2009 FEBRUARY 9th to 21st – TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
33 trainees from 7 countries (10 Indians, 3 French, 3 Dutch, 1 Spanish, 2 Germans, 12 Nepalese, 1 Portuguese, 1 Italian)
 Building a T wall with earthquake resistant features |  Explanations for the earthquake resistant features |  Group photo of February’s 2009 batch |
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2009 JANUARY 19th to 24th – ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
23 trainees from 6 countries (17 Indians, 1 Austrian, 2 Israeli, 1 French, 1 Australian, 1 Ukrainian)
 One and a half day of theoretical lectures |  Session on soil testing with the press |  Group photo of January’s 2009 batch |
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2008 SEPTEMBER 1st to 13th – TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
23 trainees from 6 countries (15 Indians, 3 French, 1 Belgian, 1 Swiss, 1 Portuguese, 1 Ethiopian, 1 South African)
 Theoretical lecture on stability notions |  Personal work on stability study, drawn by hand |  Personal work on stability study with computers |
 Equilateral arch |  Testing equilateral arch by trainees |  Testing equilateral arch by Satprem: breaking after dynamic thrust |
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2008 JUNE 30th to JULY 5th – ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
32 trainees from 5 countries (24 Indians, 2 Americans, 1 New Zealander, 3 Spanish, 2 Bangladeshis)
 Session on bond pattern with the block 240 |  Session on stabilised rammed earth walls |  Group photo of July batch |
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2008 JUNE 16th to 28th – TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
(37 trainees: 15 Indians, 4 French, 1 New Zealander, 13 American, 1 Spanish, 2 Bangladeshis, 1 Taiwanese)
Video clip of the AVD course – June 2008
 One week theory = Two days of intensive lectures |  One week theory = Four days personal work: Stability study |  Four days personal work: Stability study |
 Four days personal work: Stability study |  Stability study with the Catenary method |  Stability study with the Catenary method |
 Second week = Building arches |  Second week = Building arches |  Testing arches |
 Segmental arch |  Fernando building a groined dome |  Conical dome |
 Pointed dome |  Group photo |
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2007 SEPTEMBER 17th to 29th – TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
24 trainees from 7 countries (17 Indians, 1 American, 1 Israeli, 1 Spanish, 1 Nigerian, 1 Russian, 1 French and 1 Aurovilian)
2007 SEPTEMBER 17th to 29th – TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
24 trainees from 7 countries (17 Indians, 1 American, 1 Israeli, 1 Spanish, 1 Nigerian, 1 Russian, 1 French and 1 Aurovilian)
 One week production = Making blocks |  One week production = Testing blocks |  One week masonry = Exercise on bond pattern |
 One week masonry = Building a composite plinth |  One week masonry = Building domes |  One week masonry = Group photo |
 One week masonry = Doing composite column |  One week masonry = Vladimir, artist from Russia |
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2007 SEPTEMBER – TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
26 Trainees from 5 countries (13 Indians, 10 French, 1 Belgian, 1 American and 1 Japanese)
Trainees expressed during this training course more creativity than the other times and it had been a pleasure to guide them.
2007 SEPTEMBER – TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
26 Trainees from 5 countries (13 Indians, 10 French, 1 Belgian, 1 American and 1 Japanese)
Trainees expressed during this training course more creativity than the other times and it had been a pleasure to guide them.
Video clip of the AVD course – September 2007
 One week theory = First, two days of intensive lectures |  One week theory = Second, four days of personal work |  One week practice = Building arches |
 One week practice = Building arches |  Bucket arch completed |  Building a conical vault |
 Testing a pointed arch |  Testing a special arch |  Testing a semicircular arch |
 Hemispherical dome with holes |  Hemispherical dome with holes completed |  Building a conical dome |
 A special hemispherical dome |  A half pointed dome |  Team of September course, 26 people from 5 countries |
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2007 JULY – ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
26 Trainees from 8 countries (18 Indians, 2 South Africans, 1 Venezuelan, 1 American, 1 German, 1 Moroccan, 1 French and 1 Australian)
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2007 JUNE 18th to 23rd – TRAINING COURSE ON PRODUCTION OF CSEB
At Tabo Village, Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
9 Indian trainees from various villages of the valley
Mr. T. Ayyappan, trainer and supervisor of the Auroville Earth Institute trained this team.
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2007 MAY 21st to 2nd June – TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
At Villefontaine, Les Grands Ateliers, France for CRATerre
~ 20 Trainees from various schools and skills.
Satprem Maïni was invited by CRATerre / ENSAG, like every year to conduct a special course on building arches, vaults and domes during the event Les Grains d’Isère, at Villefontaine in France.
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2007 MARCH 18th to 30th – TWO-WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION OF CSEB
At Bishoftu near Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia
10 Trainees from the Ethiopian Earth Construction Technology Institute
This training for the production of blocks was the first step of a technology transfer to the Ethiopian Institute for earth construction technology. These blocks will be used for building a demonstration house which should be the starting point of a development in Ethiopia with CSEB and the technologies developed by the Auroville Earth Institute.
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2007 MARCH 5th to 17th – TWO-WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
12 Trainees from 9 countries (3 Tanzanians, 2 Australians, 1 Zambian, 1 Indian, 1 American, 1 German, 1 Turkish, 1 Canadian and 1 Belgian)
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2007 FEBRUARY 5th to 17th – TWO-WEEK ON THE JOB TRAINING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HOUSE
At Simunye near Johannesburg, South Africa
4 masons and 6 labourers from AnyWay Solution
This cost effective house was built in 12 days with these trainees. The blocks were produced in advance by AnyWay Solution with an Auram press 3000 and the trainees were guided by Satprem Maïni and Adriana Durán, who assisted Satprem very efficiently for this training.
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2007 JANUARY 22nd to 28th – ONE-WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
28 Trainees from 14 countries (6 Indians, 5 Americans, 4 English, 3 Italians, 1 German, 1 Portuguese, 1 Spanish, 1 Australian, 1 Japanese, 1 Dutch, 1 Kazakhstani, 1 Israeli, 1 Canadian and 1 Colombian)
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2006 DECEMBER – TWO-WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
23 Trainees from 6 countries (12 Indians, 1 Bangladeshi, 1 German, 4 Cameroonians, 3 French and 2 English)
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2006 SEPTEMBER – TWO DAYS AWARENESS PROGRAMME ON EARTH ARCHITECTURE
32 Indian trainees from S.N.D.T College Interior design Dept., Mumbai
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2006 SEPTEMBER – TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
18 Trainees from 7 countries (10 Indians, 1 Australian, 1 South African, 1 Philippine, 1 New Zealander, 3 Americans and 1 Egyptian)
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2006 SEPTEMBER – TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
16 Trainees from 6 countries (10 Indians, 1 Australian, 1 South African, 1 Philippine, 2 Americans and 1 Egyptian)
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2006 AUGUST – TRAINING COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB AND AWARENESS PROGRAMME
At Mane Village, Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
17 Indian trainees from the village
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2006 JUNE – TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
25 Trainees from 7 countries (19 Indians, 2 Americans, 1 French, 1 Canadian, 1 German and 1 Israeli)
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2006 JANUARY – ONE WEEK COURSE ON FERROCEMENT
10 Trainees from Sri Lanka
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2005 JULY – TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB FOR EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE
22 Trainees from 2 countries (20 Indians and 2 Sri Lankan)
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2005 JUNE – TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
34 Trainees from 6 countries (27 Indians, 2 French, 2 Gambian, 1 Korean, 1 Peruvian, and 1 Irish)
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2004 SEPTEMBER– TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
15 Trainees from 5 countries (10 Indians, 2 Germans, 1 Israeli, 1 Korean and 1 Australian)
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2004 SEPTEMBER – TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
6 Trainees from 5 countries (2 Indians, 1 German, 1 Israeli, 1 French and 1 Korean)
2007 JULY – ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
26 Trainees from 8 countries (18 Indians, 2 South Africans, 1 Venezuelan, 1 American, 1 German, 1 Moroccan, 1 French and 1 Australian)
 Stabilised rammed earth walls |  Group photo of July course 2007 on CSEB |
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2007 JUNE 18th to 23rd – TRAINING COURSE ON PRODUCTION OF CSEB
At Tabo Village, Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
9 Indian trainees from various villages of the valley
Mr. T. Ayyappan, trainer and supervisor of the Auroville Earth Institute trained this team.
 Production of CSEB at Tabo Village, Spiti, Himachal Pradesh |
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2007 MAY 21st to 2nd June – TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
At Villefontaine, Les Grands Ateliers, France for CRATerre
~ 20 Trainees from various schools and skills.
Satprem Maïni was invited by CRATerre / ENSAG, like every year to conduct a special course on building arches, vaults and domes during the event Les Grains d’Isère, at Villefontaine in France.
 Course at Villefontaine, France – Building arches |  Course at Villefontaine, France – Building domes |
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2007 MARCH 18th to 30th – TWO-WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION OF CSEB
At Bishoftu near Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia
10 Trainees from the Ethiopian Earth Construction Technology Institute
This training for the production of blocks was the first step of a technology transfer to the Ethiopian Institute for earth construction technology. These blocks will be used for building a demonstration house which should be the starting point of a development in Ethiopia with CSEB and the technologies developed by the Auroville Earth Institute.
 Block making at Bishoftu |
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2007 MARCH 5th to 17th – TWO-WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
12 Trainees from 9 countries (3 Tanzanians, 2 Australians, 1 Zambian, 1 Indian, 1 American, 1 German, 1 Turkish, 1 Canadian and 1 Belgian)
 Production of CSEB |  Course of March 2007 on CSEB Production |
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2007 FEBRUARY 5th to 17th – TWO-WEEK ON THE JOB TRAINING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HOUSE
At Simunye near Johannesburg, South Africa
4 masons and 6 labourers from AnyWay Solution
This cost effective house was built in 12 days with these trainees. The blocks were produced in advance by AnyWay Solution with an Auram press 3000 and the trainees were guided by Satprem Maïni and Adriana Durán, who assisted Satprem very efficiently for this training.
 Building a house in 12 days with trainees |  House built with trainees in 12 days |
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2007 JANUARY 22nd to 28th – ONE-WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
28 Trainees from 14 countries (6 Indians, 5 Americans, 4 English, 3 Italians, 1 German, 1 Portuguese, 1 Spanish, 1 Australian, 1 Japanese, 1 Dutch, 1 Kazakhstani, 1 Israeli, 1 Canadian and 1 Colombian)
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2006 DECEMBER – TWO-WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
23 Trainees from 6 countries (12 Indians, 1 Bangladeshi, 1 German, 4 Cameroonians, 3 French and 2 English)
 Building a groined dome |  Groined dome completed |
 Building a cloister dome |  Building a conical dome |
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2006 SEPTEMBER – TWO DAYS AWARENESS PROGRAMME ON EARTH ARCHITECTURE
32 Indian trainees from S.N.D.T College Interior design Dept., Mumbai
 Block production during the awareness programme |  Rammed earth wall during the awareness programme |
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2006 SEPTEMBER – TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
18 Trainees from 7 countries (10 Indians, 1 Australian, 1 South African, 1 Philippine, 1 New Zealander, 3 Americans and 1 Egyptian)
 Maintenance of the press 3000 |  Block making |
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2006 SEPTEMBER – TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
16 Trainees from 6 countries (10 Indians, 1 Australian, 1 South African, 1 Philippine, 2 Americans and 1 Egyptian)
 Building a conical vault |  Completed conical vault |
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2006 AUGUST – TRAINING COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB AND AWARENESS PROGRAMME
At Mane Village, Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
17 Indian trainees from the village
 Awareness programme to villagers at Mane village |  Block production at Mane village |
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2006 JUNE – TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
25 Trainees from 7 countries (19 Indians, 2 Americans, 1 French, 1 Canadian, 1 German and 1 Israeli)
 Stability study of vaults |  Study with catenary method |  Building a particular vault |
 Special vault completed |  Pointed arch |  Building arches |
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2006 JANUARY – ONE WEEK COURSE ON FERROCEMENT
10 Trainees from Sri Lanka
 Casting a ferrocement channel |  Casting a ferrocement door |
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2005 JULY – TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB FOR EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE
22 Trainees from 2 countries (20 Indians and 2 Sri Lankan)
 Building a plinth beam |  Casting a plinth beam |
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2005 JUNE – TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
34 Trainees from 6 countries (27 Indians, 2 French, 2 Gambian, 1 Korean, 1 Peruvian, and 1 Irish)
 Playing on a corbelled arch |  Playing on a segmental arch |  Corbelled catenary arch |  Corbelled catenary arch |
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2004 SEPTEMBER– TWO WEEK COURSE ON ARCHES, VAULTS AND DOMES
15 Trainees from 5 countries (10 Indians, 2 Germans, 1 Israeli, 1 Korean and 1 Australian)
 Testing a pointed arch |  Testing a segmental dome |  Testing a catenary arch |  Playing with a catenary arch |
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2004 SEPTEMBER – TWO WEEK COURSE ON PRODUCTION AND USE OF CSEB
6 Trainees from 5 countries (2 Indians, 1 German, 1 Israeli, 1 French and 1 Korean)
