THE SACRED GROVES TEAM

Sacred Grooves

▪ There was a little shortage of affordable housing in Auroville which detered some people from joining the community The sacred groves project was designed to solve this problem by constructing 108 homes for new comers, aurovillians and long term volunteers.

▪ The project is designed to be a model of ecological community living using ecological sensitive construction methods

▪ The aim of the project is to achieve simple more self sufficient yet inter-dependent and ecological way of living by providing low cost, low maintenance, off grid ecological housing incorporating the following elements

▪ Energy self sufficiency using solar, wind, pumped storage and biomass system

▪ Water self sufficiency from rainwater and grey water harvesting

▪ Some food self sufficiency from the provision of Organic Vegetable garden for each house.

▪ Preservation of forest areas

▪ Thick walls and passive cooling systems neglect the need for A/C and even fan.

▪ Shared space and utilities to encourage community activities and interdependence.

▪ The sacred groves project offers an alternative model of construction by way of mud construction, using lime, reusing waste building rubbles to construct houses made of earth Crete, recycling wood from packing crates

SIDE ELEVATION

Resource Center

There were two identical experimental structures built by a former Thesis student to test the thermal comfort inside, one built entirely with cement and the other with lime After the experiment, the building wasn't functionally usable as the two roofs were on the same side, and it was only possible to use it as a storage and the middle unusable idea came up to roof, join the center one structure Two can be used for waste in bins to different and the middle lecture or workspace.

Been Involved In Activities Of Center Wall Plastering Reinforcement Placement

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