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AUROVILLE KINDERGARTEN Sustainable Design Practices for Schools April 1617; 2010

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AUROVILLE KINDERGARTEN 

Sustainable Design Practices for Schools April 16‐17; 2010

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DESIGN PRINCIPLES

‐ SPACES TO ALLOW FOR NON‐STRUCTURED, MULTIPLE AND FLOOR LEVEL USE.

‐ EVERY SPACE TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO OUTDOOR SPACES

‐ BUILD IN CONTEXT (SITE, MATERIAL, CLIMATE AND USER SPECIFIC)

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The kindergarten as it had been for a decade in huts in the midst of large trees

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‐Spaces radiating out of a central hall‐ circulation minimized and open / built spaces knitted together with pergolas and courts‐ personalized play areas for each age group

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‐Foundation in rammed earth

‐ plinth beams integrated into the brick work; no shuttering 

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CEB brick for walling with stabilized earth mortar with earth excavated on site –embodied energy 478 MJ/m3‐ and  only 46.8 kgCo2/m2

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‐Pre‐fab RCC rafters with ferro‐cement connector nodes

‐ tie beam designed as integrated rain gutters / window over hangs / window seats

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‐IPS flooring‐ walls left natural ‐ all RCC elements in colors that follow the sun path ‐ benches and sill slabs in pre‐fab RCC waxed 

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All outdoor paths / paving / play area in CEB 

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‐all outdoor areas shaded with trees / pergolas

‐ indigenous tropical dry evergreen plants / ground cover / trees

‐ every class room attached to a vegetable grown patch for children to experiment with 

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rainwater harvesting

‐ Building of swales, ponds and percolation pits‐ Check dams in erosion canyons‐ Rehabilitation, building of tanks and water bodies

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