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3H SUMMER SCHOOL
UNITY & DIVERSITY;
BUILDING FOR CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS
12 July - 01 August 2015
At Auroville (near Puducherry)
A 3-week summer program for students and young professionals
of archtiecture, engineering and design related disciplines.

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PROGRAM
Auroville Green Practices (AGP) 3H Summer School program is an initiative using
Auroville and its outstanding experience in sustainable living and cultural diversity as
a platform for learning and personal growth for students from around the world. The
3H Summer School program serves as an experimental and cross-disciplinary design
laboratory connecting core human values, design theory, ideation and on-site build-
ing application around the selected lead theme Unity & Diversity; Building for Cul-
tural Encounters. The aim is to train a new generation of environmental and socially
responsible leaders that are capable of connecting hands (capacity), head (system
thinking) and heart (personal strength) while working on system change for a more
socially and environmentally just future.
At the AGP Summer School 2015, Unity & Diversity; Building for Cultural Encoun-
ters typologies of African architecture and fuilding forms and their adaptation for
the Auroville context will be explored. Participants will evaluate an existing design
and then engage in the hands-on construction of a structure that allows the celebra-
tion of African cultures. Locally available, low-cost materials and innovative building
technologies will be used for the construction. A design exercise, with model mak-
ing, on building a small home that expresses the cultural genius of African cultures
will conducted in this program. One of the design propositions will be constructed

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after the program closure and will complement the community gathering
spaces. The program guides participants through an entire project cycle
i.e. ideation, design, implementation documentation.
BENEFITS
• Learning transformative leadership principles
• Experiencing cross cultural learning
• Experiencing a project lifecycle
• Gaining design experience with locally available building material
• Hands-on site experience
• Learning to design projects, transform existing systems and
build for sustainable change and human well being

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TOPICS
Besides designing and building structures of African building typologies, students
will get exposure to the following subjects: transformative leadership principles, sys-
tem thinking, , climate responsive design, vernacular architecture, earth as building
material, biological waste water treatment, sustainable water management, ecologi-
cal landscaping, renewable energy systems and energy efficiency, ecological sanita-
tion, urban agriculture, organic farming, social entrepreneurship, sustainable waste
management, alternative education, , project planning and management.
PARTICIPANTS
We invite students and young professionals from, but not limited to, the following
professions: architecture, interior design, product design, engineering etc. All partici-
pants must commit to participating in all the program components. Active and enthu-
siastic participation is essential for the success of this program

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APPROACH
The program is designed and based on the 3H (hands, head and heart)
approach, which attempts to actualize participants’ inner strength, to acti-
vate critical system thinking and to work on students’ technical capacities
of designing and implementing projects. Besides working on the design,
implementation and documentation, each participating student will design
and write a project of his/her choice, which aims at bringing environmental
and social justice and wellbeing.

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FACILITATORS
Fabian Ostner
Fabian studied architecture at the University of Applied Sciences at
Bremen, Germany (from where he graduated in 1997 as architect)
and at the School of Arts Berlin-Weissensee. He has been working
in Berlin, Mumbai, Bangalore and Auroville. In 2004 he started his
own architecture studio which today is called White Ants Studio. His
studio handles projects ranging from interior design, residential and
commercial architecture to conceptualisation of institutional and cul-
tural projects.
Martin Scherfler
Martin Scherfler is a co-founder of Auroville Consulting. A sociolo-
gist and researcher, he has wide experience coordinating educational
workshops in areas of sustainability. He is currently engaged in pro-
ject management of integrated campus development and renewable
energy research studies. He holds a Master degree in Sociology from
Austria.
Tahir Kadir
Kadir is from Ethiopia, he came to Auroville in 2012, he a member of
the African Pavilion Group at Auroville. Since then he has engage in
ecological construction using bamboo material, earth and other local
building materials. Since 2013 Tahir has been working as project co-
ordinator on the Sacred Grove ecological building project at Auroville.
Eric Ntakirutimana
Eric is originally from Ruanda, he holds a bachelor degree in econo-
my. Eric trained with the Auroville Earth Institute in earthen building
technologies and has bee working on Sacred Grove ecological build-
ing project at Auroville. He currently works on dismountable building
structures. He is a member of the African Pavilion Group and sup-
ports the work of the Unity Pavilion.

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FACILITATORS
Iraguha Yves
Iraguha is from Ruanda and has been a member of the African Pa-
vilion Group since 2010. He holds a master degree in environmental
economics from Anamalai University, Chidambaram. He currently
works at the Auroville Earth Institute on earth architecture and tech-
nologies. He is interested in ecological building technologies and
sustainable living.
Balu Ramalingam
Balu is an event organizer with a main focus on organizing educa-
tional events that promote sustainable development and human well-
being He holds Master in Business Administration.
Vimal Bhojraj
Vimal is a communication specialist with a passion for photography,
video production and design. He was engaged in several social re-
sponsibility projects for over 7 years developing branding and mar-
keting communications material. He has a diploma in Fashion Tech-
nology from NIFT-TEA. He has recenlty published a book ‘Creative
Expressions from Auroville’, a visually rich book of inspiring art and
crafts.

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COLLABORATORS
• White Ant Studio
• Auroville Consulting
• Auroville Earth Institute
• Africal Pavilion Group Auroville
• Unity Pavilion, Auroville
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REGISTRATION
Registration fee Rs. 40,500 per person (USD 720 /Euro 680)
* inclusive of accommodation, breakfast, lunch, dinner, bicycle hire, materials and facilitation for all
activities and all taxes. All meals are vegetarian. Alcohol is not permitted in Auroville guest houses.
Registration will be closed once the limited capacity of 25 participants is filled. If a facilitator is una-
vailable, then we will substitute the relevant activity with a similar one.
Application Process
1) Register online
2) Upload Motivation letter, CV and 1 reference letter, waiver form
3) Online interview
3) Payment of program fees
4) Confirmation of registration
Cancellation
In case of cancellation of the program from our side, fees will be refunded within 10 days. In case of
cancellation from the participant’s side before 05 July 2015 we will refund 50% of the total fee. 20%
of the total participation fees will be refunded in case of cancellation after 05 July 2015).
Registration Coordinator
Martin Scherfler
Auroville Green Practices/Auroville Consulting
SaraCon Campus, Kottakarai Plaza,
Irumbai Post, Auroville 605111,Tamil Nadu
Email: info@agpworkshops.com

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PAYMENT
Payment can be made by online account transfer, Demand Draft or Cheque drawn in favour of Auroville Consulting, payable
at State Bank of India, Auroville branch.
Payment Option 1
Bank Transfer to:
M/s. Auroville Consulting;
Bank Name: State Bank of India, Auroville Main Road, Auroville - 605101;
Bank Branch name: Auroville International Township;
Branch Code: 3160;
MICR Code: 605002007;
IFSC Code: SBIN0003160;
SWIFT Code: SBININBB474;
Bank Account number : 311 4956 1897
Payment Option 2
Kindly send Demand Draft or Cheque drawn in favor of ‘Auroville Consulting’ and payable at State Bank of India, Auroville
branch to:
Auroville Consulting
Auroville Green Practices Workshop
SaraCon Campus,
Kottakarai Plaza,
Irumbai Post, Auroville 605111
Tamil Nadu
India

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ABOUT AUROVILLE
“Auroville wants to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are
able to live in peace and progressive harmony above all creeds, all politics and all na-
tionalities. The purpose of Auroville is to realise human unity.” Auroville is an interna-
tional community with over 2000 people from around 40 different countries. Founded
in 1968, Auroville is based on the vision of The Mother and is endorsed by UNESCO
and the Government of India as an ongoing experiment in human unity. Aurovillians
are constantly experimenting with new ideas and solutions in areas of education, arts
& crafts, community building, new economy and sustainability. One of the unique
aspects of research in Auroville is the fact that many ideas are put into practice. Over
the years, Auroville has won international acclaim for its efforts in social and environ-
mental sustainability. Auroville is located 8km from Pondicherry, 3 hours drive from
Chennai city/airport (150km) along the scenic East Coast Road (ECR) and 8 hours by
an AC sleeper bus from Bangalore (350km).
ABOUT GREEN PRACTICES
Auroville Green Practices aims to bring together various stakeholders to envision
future townships that offer a habitat that is ecologically, socially and economically
nurturing.