India and the world are facing today the difficult problem of housing & infrastructure shortages and are looking towards appropriate and sustainable building technologies to solve this shortage. Earthen architecture and technology are an answer!

The various courses held in Auroville aim to introduce and promote this technology to architects, engineers, entrepreneurs and students. They will use the AURAM equipment for earth construction and all the technologies developed by Auroville Earth Institute.

The training courses are usually restricted to 30 people and a written confirmation should be obtained before sending persons to attend the courses. The lectures are held in English. Note that the courses are very intensive and that any lecture missed will be detrimental to the trainee. The trainees should bring working clothes for the practical courses.

Ideally the CSEB courses should comprise an architect or an engineer with a supervisor or a technician and a master mason or a student, so that the widest spectrum of teaching can be followed.

The fees include the training expenses for 1 week only, manuals, documentation and site visitation, materials and boarding and lodging. They are related to the documents given, level of understanding and teaching given. The boarding and lodging is in dormitories, in Auroville Earth Institute premises, for 25 men and 5 women

Months	One week intensive course
January	18th - 23th

	Production of CEB	Masonry with CEB
February	8th - 13th	15th - 20th

April

5th - 10th

12th - 17th

	AVD Theory	Masonry
June	14th - 19th	21st - 26th

	One week intensive course
July	28th June - 3rd July

Months	Production of CEB	Masonry with CEB
September	30th August - 4th September	6th - 11th

	AVD Theory	Masonry
September	13th - 18th	20th - 25th

	AVD Theory	Masonry
December	6th - 11th	13th - 18th

All the training Courses are starting on Monday, at 9 a.m.

Production of CEB	Masonry with CEB
Site visit in Auroville	Introduction to earth architecture

Diversity and universality of earth architecture

Basics on soil identification for mortars

Soil identification and stabilization

Mortar quality

The raw material

Plastering and paints

Block-yard organization

Bond guidelines

Cost analysis

Designs and block-laying guidelines

Production of blocks

Particular techniques with earth (rammed earth, composite pillars and beams)

Introduction to design and block-laying	Inroduction to arches, vaults and domes
This course covers theory and practice. Eligibility : All skills	This course is mostly practical Eligibility : All skills

Theory on AVD	Practice of AVD
Site visit of AVD in Auroville	Basics on soil identification for mortar

Diversity, terminology & typology

Mortar and glue quality

Different ways to build AVD

Block-laying guidelines

Basic structural principles

Building various arches

Dimentioning an AVD and stability study

Building various vaults

Gaudi's and Mery's method for the stability study	Building various domes
This course is exclusively theoretical. Eligibility : Only architects and engineers	This course is exclusively practical Eligibility : All skills