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    The Auroville Visitors Centre in Auroville, India was designed by Auroville Design Consultants and Auroville Earth Institute to serve as an institutional building welcoming visitors to Auroville. Completed in 1988 and constantly expanding due to increasing demand, the Visitors Centre sits on 3 acres of land and utilizes sustainable design principles like integrating site planning to manage surface runoff, using indigenous landscaping to reduce water needs, decentralizing waste water recycling, and employing solar passive design and energy efficient fixtures.

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    The Auroville Visitors Centre in Auroville, India was designed by Auroville Design Consultants and Auroville Earth Institute to serve as an institutional building welcoming visitors to Auroville. Completed in 1988 and constantly expanding due to increasing demand, the Visitors Centre sits on 3 acres of land and utilizes sustainable design principles like integrating site planning to manage surface runoff, using indigenous landscaping to reduce water needs, decentralizing waste water recycling, and employing solar passive design and energy efficient fixtures.

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    Auroville Visitors Centre: Designed by Auroville Design Consultants & by Auroville Earth Institute

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    Abhilash Kumar
    The Auroville Visitors Centre in Auroville, India was designed by Auroville Design Consultants and Auroville Earth Institute to serve as an institutional building welcoming visitors to Auroville. Completed in 1988 and constantly expanding due to increasing demand, the Visitors Centre sits on 3 acres of land and utilizes sustainable design principles like integrating site planning to manage surface runoff, using indigenous landscaping to reduce water needs, decentralizing waste water recycling, and employing solar passive design and energy efficient fixtures.

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    AUROVILLE VISITORS CENTRE

    Designed by Auroville Design Consultants & by Auroville Earth Institute

    Type of building use: Institutional Location: Auroville International Zone,


    building for visitors to Auroville Auroville
    Year of completion: 1988 on going Climatic Zone: Hot Humid coastal zone
    Built-up area: Presently about 5000 m2 Actual Occupancy: Normal days 2,000
    but constantly developing due to growing visitors / day and over 10,000 visitors
    demand during holidays and weekends
    Plot size: 3 acres

    SALIENT FEATURES
    Integrated site planning for effective management of surface and roof run-off to
    recharge the aquifer
    Landscaping with indigenous tropical deciduous evergreen forest reduced
    water needs
    Decentralised recycling of all waste water including black
    Urban agriculture to grow fruits
    Solid waste management with segregation / recycling / composting
    Wind mill for Water pumping
    Use of appropriate building materials and technology like CSEB / ferrocement /
    rammed earth / light roofing / natural stone floors / minimum wood use
    Solar passive design; natural ventilation / lighting / solar chimneys
    Energy efficient fixtures for lighting and appliances

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