AUROVILLE!!! THE CITY TO DAWN.. Auroville has the highest concentration of alternative and appropriate energy systems in India, including solar, wind and biogas generating systems. Of particular interest are the huge 15-metre diameter solar collector installed on the roof of the Solar Kitchen, designed to generate enough steam to cook over 2,000 meals a day, and the Matrimandir Solar Power Plant, believed to be the largest stand-alone system in India, comprising 484 photovoltaic modules with total capacity of 36.3 KW. Some 750 homes and/or offices operate entirely or mostly on solar power. See also “Wind energy generators”.

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2. AUROVILLE ( B R I E F ) :
• “Experimental" township in Viluppuram district in the state
of Tamil Nadu, India, near Pondicherry in South India.
• Auroville was founded as a project of the Sri Aurobindo
Society founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa(also known as
"The Mother")
• Designed by architect ROGER ANGER.
• "Auroville is meant to be a universal town where humans
of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive
harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities.
• The purpose of Auroville is to realize human unity.“
• 2,000 people from 35 countries currently live in Auroville,
and spiritual evolution is their driving force, breathing life
into all their activities. This truth is most strikingly reflected
in the organic architecture of its town plan, a galaxy shape
that spirals out over 5 square kilo-meters (2 square miles).
• Currently Aurouville resides 2345 people from almost 45
countries amongst which around 1/3 are Indian. 2

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4. • 10 km north of Pondicherry
• 5 km from the coast was chosen for the city.
• Approximately 20 square kilometers of barren
wasteland,
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LOCATION:
MATRIMANDIR:
• The Matrimandir (Temple of The Mother) is an
edifice of spiritual significance for practitioners
of Integral yoga, situated at the center of
Auroville initiated by The Mother of the Sri
Aurobindo Ashram.
• It is called soul of the city and is situated in a
large open space called Peace from where the
future township will radiate outwards.

5. Mother' concept stands for the great
evolutionary, conscious and intelligent principle
of Life, the Universal Mother, - which seeks to
help humanity move beyond its present
limitations into the next step of its evolutionary
adventure, the supramental consciousness.
• At the center of Auroville.
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MATRI MANDIR DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS
1. Inner chamber 2.Outer chamber
• Inner chamber has 12 meditation rooms and
the main hall of matri mandir
• Outer chamber has 12 gardens, amphitheatre
,banyan tree ,inner park and the future lake
LOCATION:
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MATRIMANDIR:
CONSTRUCTION PHRASES:

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WAY TO MATRAMANDIR LOTUS POND BENEATH THE MATRAMANDIR

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The gold discs Disc frame: - Stainless steel tubes
Disc material: - stainless steel
sheet Gold leaf: - 28 gm of gold per 1000 leaves
Leaf size: - 85 x 85 mm
Total number of discs: - 1415MATRIMANDIR MODEL
GOLD DISCS

13. • In the heart of the city is the
Matrimandir and its gardens.
• Whole of the city is surrounded by a
thick green belt comprising of forest
land & agricultural use(1.2 km wide).
THE CITY IS DIVIDED INTO FIVE MAJOR
ZONES:
1. Industrial Zone(109 hect.)
2. International Zone(74 hec.)
3. Residential Zone(189 hect.)
4. Cultural Zone(103 hect)
5. Peace Area
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LAND USE:
1. Industrial Zone
2. International Zone
3. Residential Zone
5. Peace Area
4. Cultural Zone
GREEN BELT

14. DEVELOPED AREAS :
• Village settlements : Six village settlements within the Auroville
township area.
• Auroville Communities: At present there are 95 Auroville
residential communities.
• The Commercial area in the Township includes retail services .
• The Manufacturing use includes about 100 large and small
manufacturing and processing units.
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Kriya Youth Community – Space for new.
Public and Semi-Public uses include amenities such as
schools, health facilities, services and utilities.
• Administrative and Institutional uses include centre
(Bharat Nivas) & Auroville Foundation offices.
• Recreational uses : few playgrounds,centre field.
Guest Houses & Auroville Guest Accommodation Service |

15. INFRASTRUCTURE : ROAD NETWORK
• Car-free Galaxy plan :All areas of the city are
within 5 or 6 minutes walking distance from the
Crown Road.
• The outer ring road could take motorised traffic
and connect with centralised parking areas
there.
• Onward travel would be BY bicycle
PEDAL-POWER WITHIN
THE CITY PROPER:
• Inside the outer ring road area, transport of
people and goods would be by pedal-power
(there will be a network of pleasant cycle and
walking paths) and electric-powered vehicles.
• Parking at outer ring-road : The outer ring road
will be large storage yards for accommodating
supplies while awaiting dispatch into the city
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18. WATER SUPPLY:
• The entire water supply both for
drinking and irrigation is dependent on
underground sources.
• A number of deep wells
• Extensive water management research
and application.
• Sewerage and Sanitation: Consisting of
septic tanks, Imhoff tanks, baffle
reactors, and root zone and lagooning
systems.
POWER:
• About 150 houses use solar PV
electricity and heaters for their energy
requirements.
• The power distribution of around 600
consumer connections is carried
through a system of 28 distribution
transformers.
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• CSEB (Compressed Stabilized Earth Block) are a mix of soil, sand, a stabilizer (often 5% of cement), and
water.
• They are compressed in a press (manually or motorised) and cured during 28 days.
• They can reach a dry compressive strength of 9 MPa.
• CSEB are also called as E’Blocks, as Eco-friendly, Economical, Earth Block.
They are not fired!!!
• Top soil is removed and only deeper soil is extracted.
• CSEB are the major tool for the renaissance of earth architecture worldwide.
• It is today the earth technology which is used the most worldwide.
• The Auram Press 3000 can produce about 80 types of blocks with 18 moulds.
• The presses are robust, using a high compression ratio of 1.83 with 13.5 metric tons (15 tons) available
force, and produce up to 1,000 accurate blocks per day of adjustable height and shape (including hollow
strong, enduring and also simple to learn how to use.
CSEB:

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STEP-4:ADDING 200L OF SAND IN 1 BAG OF CEMENTSTEP-3:RAMMING
STEP-2:LIFTING THE FRAMESTEP-1:DIGGING THE TRENCH AND FILLING THE FRAME

21. SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES:
• Auroville shows various possibilities
for the use of quarries:
• As water harvesting ponds,
• Waste water treatment ponds,
• Pools,
• Basement floors or shallow
depressions which are used for
landscape design, work or play
areas, gardens, etc
• Auroville mostly uses ferrocement
for water tanks, roof materials and
biogas plants.
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22. POWER GENERATION:
1. About 150 houses use solar PV electricity and heaters for their
energy requirements.
2. The power distribution of around 600 consumer connections is
carried through a system of 28 distribution transformers.
• RENEWABLE ENERGY :
• Total of around 250kw of electricity producing solar panels are
installed.
• SOLAR KITCHEN :
• The solar concentrator that generates enough steam to cook for
2,000 people a day .
• Aureka’s efficient and successful multi-blade windmill.
• 20 biogas digesters used.
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SOLAR COOKER PANEL
SOLAR PANELS

23. SOLAR WATER PUMPING AND HEATERS
• Over 80% of the solar technology in Auroville is used for water
pumping and heating. Many of the operations for the waste
water systems, and well/boreholes rely on this form of energy to
move the water.
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SOLAR WATER HEATER
AV55 FOR PUMPING
WATER
• One of the first designs was the Cretan windmill, made of wood and cloth-sails. The
design has evolved from the practical experience of Aurovilians gained in operating
windmills over the last two decades.
• The AV55 can now be used for pumping water from bore wells as deep as 100m as
well as for low-lift highvolume output from open wells.
• Today, there are more than 30 windmills of various designs spread over the
Auroville plateau for pumping water. Since Auroville does not always get the high
velocity winds that prevail further south, the electric power generation through
wind has been highly hampered. Two wind generators, which under optimum wind
conditions are capable of generating 4kW of power, are part of a hybrid solar and
wind energy system that is being tested at the Visitors Centre.

24. WASTE WATER TREATMENT :
• First wastewater recycling solutions :
septic tank and soak pit
• Develop planted filters, also called
constructed wetlands or
• Root zone treatment systems.
• Effective Microorganism (EM)
technology
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29. CONCLUSION
• The success of the Auroville experiment has highlighted the import of integration of all sectors and all levels of
planning and design for successful sustainable living.
• As the international community continues to intensify the promotion of technology and processes to reduce
anthropogenic carbon levels, and conserve natural resources, the Auroville model presents a simple and
innovative model for sustainability.
• As global temperatures continues to warm, sea levels rise, and natural resources become even scarcer,
communities in rural India and the rest of the developing world are the most vulnerable to associated climatic
change.
• Sustainable development must therefore place modification of rural unsustainable practices at the top of
political and social agendas as failure to do so may lead to issues that have the propensity to accumulate into
civil unrest and conflict.
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