Training Overview


Auroville Earth Institute Map of Trainees
over 13,930 people from 93 countries have been trained: 10,136 Indian trainees and 3,794 foreign trainees from 92 other countries.

Algeria, Cameroon, DR Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Korea (South), Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, Mexico, Peru, USA, Venezuela, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen

Production of CSEB – 5 to 8 courses per year
One-week course conducted for engineers or architects, technicians or supervisors and masons or students
Theoretical classes
Production of blocks
Quality control
Masonry with CSEB – 5 to 8 courses per year
One-week course conducted for engineers or architects, technicians or supervisors and masons or students
Bond pattern
Composite lintels
Rammed earth walls
CSEB Intensive (CSEB Production + Masonry)
One-week course conducted for engineers, architects, technicians or supervisors and masons or students
Production of blocks
 
Course on stabilised rammed earth foundation
Building arches, vaults and domes
 
Theory of Arches, Vaults, & Domes (AVD) – 3 courses per year
One-week course conducted for engineers or architects, technicians or students
Theoretical classes
 
Stability study with the funicular method
Stability study with the catenary method
Building with Arches, Vaults, & Domes (AVD) – 3 courses per year
One-week course conducted for engineers, architects, technicians or supervisors and masons or students
Building arches
Building vaults
Building domes
Building with Ferrocement – 2 courses per year
4-day course conducted for engineers, architects, technicians or supervisors and masons or students
Preparing chicken mesh
Laying the mesh
Casting a channel
Bioclimatic Earth – 2 courses per year
2-week course in designing with earth in varied bioclimatic regions for architects and students of architecture
Theory on earth & bioclimatic architecture and weather analysis
Practice methods and tools of analysis
design innovative earth architecture
Awareness Programmes on Appropriate Building Technologies
From half a day to two-day programmes are conducted to students of architecture, architects or engineers and to project managers. Awareness programmes are also conducted in villages.
Production and use of CSEB
Building arches, vaults and domes
Awareness in a village of Gujarat
CSEB Technology for Earthquake Resistance
Two-week course for engineers, architects, technicians or supervisors and masons or students
Theoretical classes
 
Production of hollow interlocking blocks
Construction of an earthquake resistant house
Long-Term Training – Six to ten trainees per year
Conducted for students of architecture, professionals from India or abroad: The training duration varies from 6 months to 1 year.
Architectural Design
Site Work
Special Research Projects


PROGRAMMES SCHEDULED UPON REQUEST AT AUROVILLE EARTH INSTITUTE
Special courses can be organised upon request for organisations (GOs, NGOs), schools or individuals.

 
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