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The Auroville Building Centre is the unit
under CSR which carries out the activities connected with
appropriate building technologies and architecture.
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AVBC is a training centre in earth and
ferrocement technology for HUDCO's building centre project managers
and engineers.
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AVBC is a reference centre for the
International Ferrocement Information Center (IFIC) at AIT, Bangkok.
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AVBC conducts training on behalf of the
Council of Architects (COA) on the topic of sustainable
technologies, earth and ferrocement technologies.
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AVBC is a recognised training centre for
Craterre, University of Grenoble, France.
Awards
In 1992 AVBC received the Hassan Fathy Award
for Architecture for the Poor from the Society for the Revival of
Planning and Architectural Heritage, Cairo, Egypt, for the construction
of the Auroville Visitors' Centre, where cost-effective earth and
ferrocement technologies have been applied in a public building.
AVBC received during 1995 and 1996 the Award of
the Best Building Centre through HUDCO (Housing and Urban
Development Corporation, New Delhi) from the Ministry of Urban
Development and Poverty Alleviation, Government of India.
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