1. D. EBLOCK PROJECT EBlock India is a unit of the Auroville Earth Institute.

It aims of producing, promoting and selling high quality CSEB. It aims at replacing country fired bricks on the mainstream market. - Firstly in the bioregion of Auroville - Secondly in various regions of India

EBLOCK GOALS 1. To develop a network of producers by: - Helping people in villages to open their own profitable units. - Training and empowering local unskilled labour to manage production units. 2. To develop a network of customers by: - Advertising EBlocks - Proposing a whole range of products - Ensuring the quality of blocks with regular quality controls with the producers - Following the customers satisfaction 3. To develop the technique and product: - Researching on motorized equipment - Comparing products competitive to CSEB, i.e. fired bricks, concrete blocks, etc. 4. To obtain carbon credit accreditation: - Revenue will go to the various producers

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1. D. EBLOCK PROJECT www.eblockindia.com

EBlock is giving franchise to producers of the network: - They become independent producers, benefitting from EBlock customers network (in return for the compliance with EBlock quality standards) - Three production units are presently working in the Auroville bioregion.

Production at Moratandi Quality control at Moratandi Stock of blocks at EBlock is developing different tools & packages for setting up units : Realization - An Integrated Management Tool for CSEB Production, Inventory, Orders, Accounts, Quality Control It will be online and accessible for everybody by 2011. - Economic Tool for CSEB production: It allows doing cost calculations and economic feasibility study before starting. - User and quality control manual for the production of CSEB - Flyers, logo, banners, advertisement emails, posters
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1. D. EBLOCK PROJECT Economic Tool for CSEB production

2. STABILIZED EARTH TECHNIQUES

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2. A. STABILISED RAMMED EARTH FOUNDATIONS

Digging the trench and filling the frame

Lifting the frame

Mixing dry

Adding 200 Litres of sand and 1 bag cement

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2. A. STABILISED RAMMED EARTH FOUNDATIONS

Mixing wet

Filling the trench with the stabilised earth mix

Checking

Ramming

Checking the thickness of the layers (12 cm)

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2. B. COMPOSITE TECHNIQUES

Composite plinth beam

Composite columns

Composite staircase

Composite staircase

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2. B. COMPOSITE TECHNIQUES

Composite lintel single height

Composite beam double height

Composite beam triple height cantilevered

Composite beam triple height

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2. B. COMPOSITE TECHNIQUES

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2. B. COMPOSITE TECHNIQUES

Testing a triple height composite beam 240 2.50 m span, 1280 Kg/m, 4 mm deflection, no cracks

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2. B. COMPOSITE TECHNIQUES

Hourdis blocks and ferrocement channels

Testing hourdi blocks: 750 Kg on 8 hourdis = 3125 Kg /m2

Hourdis blocks and T beams

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3. DIVERSITY OF EARTHEN BUILDINGS

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3. A. PROJECTS BY VARIOUS ARCHITECTS

Cost effectives houses at Kottakarai village

House at Dana community

House at Auromodele community

House at Dana community

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3. A. PROJECTS BY VARIOUS ARCHITECTS

House at New Creation Field community

House in the Green Belt

House at Samasti community

House in the Green Belt

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3. A. PROJECTS BY VARIOUS ARCHITECTS

Apartments at Prarthna Community

Row housing at Prayatna Community

Apartments at Aspiration area

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3. A. PROJECTS BY VARIOUS ARCHITECTS

Kailash Youth Centre

Apartments at Djaima Community

Solar community kitchen for 1000

Electronic workshop at Auroshilpam

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3. A. PROJECTS BY VARIOUS ARCHITECTS

Office of Aureka, producing the Auram

Multipurpose hall at Vrit community

Isaiambalam School

Kindergarten at Centre Field area

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3. B. ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH AND BUILDING METHODS BY AVEI

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Building an Egyptian shaped vault with the Nubian technique 5 m span, 9 m long Completed in 12 days with 4 masons

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Deepanam School near Matrimandir - Stabilised rammed earth walls and CSEB domes -

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Building a cloister dome with the Free Spanning technique

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Deepanam School near Matrimandir - Stabilised rammed earth walls and CSEB domes -

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Deepanam School near Matrimandir - Stabilised rammed earth walls and CSEB vault 10.35 m span, 2.25 m rise 53

Deepanam School near Matrimandir - Stabilised rammed earth walls and CSEB vault, 10.35 m span -

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Segmental vault at Deepanam School, completed in 3 weeks with 4 masons

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Building a bull eye, 80 cm dia Catenary vault, 6 m span, 3 m rise with the Free Spanning technique
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Building a lunette, 1.2m span with the Free Spanning technique

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Building a catenary vault, 6 m span, 3 m rise with the Free Spanning

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Kitchen of the boarding at the Auroville Earth Institute

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Building a semicircular vault with the Free Spanning technique - 6 m span, 60 11 m long