Auroville Earth Institute (exhibition room)
The office of the Auroville Earth Institute (AVEI) located in Auroville, India includes a room exhibiting their work.
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The AVEI exhibition room includes information on prehistoric adobe earthen structures and modern earthen building techniques including CEBs, their CSEBs in various moulds, information on buildings made by AVEI, posters briefly documenting their methods including for CSEBs, rammed earth, ferrocement channels for roofing, arches, domes, and vaults.
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General Info
Foundations
This section shows a cut-away of the rammed earth that forms a foundation for steel-reinforced CSEB columns. One of these columns includes a steel-reinforced concrete section that's add to the column to form a spiral staircase.
Structures
Composites
This section shows information on steel reinforced CSEB composite beams.
Block Moulds
Ferrocement Channels
CEBs Poster
Rammed Earth Poster
Vaults Poster
Domes Poster
E-Blocks Poster
This section provides information about how CSEBs are more environmentally friendly & cost-effective than traditional coal-fired bricks.
Emergency Shelter
This section provides information about how CSEB homes can provide cost-effective & disaster-resistant housing.
