Publications
A series of books and manuals has been published for the dissemination of earth-based technologies. They can be ordered from the Auroville Earth Institute. If you would like to order some of them, send an email to info@earth-auroville.com mentioning your complete postal address and a telephone number along with your order, so that we can send you a price list and/or a quotation, including charges for the courier service.
16 publications are presently available in 5 series: Introduction booklets – Training manuals – Case studies – Video DVDs
Ref. | Title |
Introduction Booklets 1
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I.01 |
Block-yard organization and CSEB production- Auroville Earth Institute – 1996, revised 2011 – 29 p. |
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I.03 |
Building with arches, vaults and domes – Auroville Earth Institute – 1996 – 16 p. |
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I.07 |
Compressed stabilised earth blocks – Auroville Earth Institute – 1996, revised 2009 – 12 p. |
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I.09 |
Masonry with compressed stabilised earth blocks – Auroville Earth Institute – 1997 – 34 p. |
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I.10 |
Soil identification for earth construction – Auroville Earth Institute – 1997 – 12 p. |
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I.11 |
Economic feasibility to set up a CSEB unit – Auroville Earth Institute – 2011 – 37 p. Given with a software on CD to calculate the cost and economic feasibility of CSEB |
Training Manuals
TM. 03 | Earthquake resistant buildings with hollow interlocking blocks – Training manual for architects and engineers – Auroville Earth Institute – 2001, revised 2005 – 43 p. with colour photos and plans |
TM. 04 | Building with arches, vaults and domes – Training manual for architects and engineers – Auroville Earth Institute – 2002, revised 2020 – 109 p. with colour photos and plans |
TM. 06 | Production and Use of Compressed Stabilised Earth Blocks – Code of Practice – Auroville Earth Institute – 2010, 136 p. with colour photos |
TM. 07 | Work Specifications for AVEI Earth Construction Techniques – Auroville Earth Institute – 2013, 87 p. with black & white photos |
Case Studies
CS. 01 | Dome of the Dhyanalingam Temple (∅ 22.16 m) – Auroville Earth Institute – 1999 – 32 p. with colour photos and plans |
CS. 02 | AUM House, cost effective and disaster resistant – Auroville Earth Institute – 2000, revised 2002 – 57 p. with colour photos and plans |
CS. 03 | VIKAS community at Auroville – Towards a holistic development – Auroville Earth Institute – 2000 – 67 p. with colour photos and plans |
CS. 05 | Building with earth in Auroville – Auroville Earth Institute – 2002, revised 2005 – 33 p. with colour photos and plans |
CS. 06 | Diversity of arches and their geometrical composition – Auroville Earth Institute – 2019 – 147 p. with 278 illustrations (photos & diagrams) |
VIDEO DVDs
DVD. 01 | Building with earth in the world – 28 min. Slide show with 170 slides – Auroville Earth Institute – 2004 |
DVD. 02 | Building with earth in Auroville – 27 min. Slide show with video clips – Auroville Earth Institute – 2006 |
Notes:
1 – Content of introduction books I-01, I-07, I-09, I-10 is included in the training manual TM-06
Content of introduction book I-03 is included in the training manual TM-04
