Ferrocement Roof Auroville

Vikas community was a finalist for the world habitat award 2000.

Ferrocement roof auroville.

The vikas community was built in auroville by the earth institute formerly the auroville building centre earth unit in several periods from 1992 to 1998. The hourdi block produced by the auram press 3000 is used to create floors and roofs. The materials used are basically ferro cement. Building techniques research.

As these blocks are hollow they create roofs which are more comfortable under a hot climate. Auroville earth institute avei thatch roof. In her 1965 sketch of auroville the mother laid down the basic concept for the city. Beams run across two junctions in the roof structure.

Training centre at marakkanam this training centre named kalangium is a multifunctional training centre based at marakkanam located at 30 km north of auroville. Auroville building centre ferrocement roof channels september 2004 function as a roof proper curing of the joined channels is the most important feature. A team of folks in africa make some 7 3m long ferrocement roof channels for placement on top of a cseb house. The training centre of 278 m2 was built with plain cseb blocks ferrocement roof channels and a cseb cloister dome of 6 20 m span.

These blocks rest either on reinforced concrete t beams or on ferrocement channels. The ferro cement roofing also has gutters leading down to its junction to the wall and is let out by water spout. The resistance of these blocks is extremely high. Needing energy consuming repair techniques and are a small economical disaster.

One at the junction of the walls from which the roof starts and the other at an intermediate level to provide a skylight.