Bio-Social Progress – One Community Weekly Progress Update #262

Posted on April 1, 2018 by One Community Hs

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One Community’s physical location will forward this movement as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the April 1st, 2018 edition (#262) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Bio-Social Progress
One Community Progress Update #262

Here is the bullet-point list of this last week’s design and progress discussed in detail in the video above:

BIO-SOCIAL PROGRESS INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @5:37

Shadi Kennedy rejoined the team and took over development of the Murphy bed instructions (see below)
Dean Scholz continued with the Cob Village AutoCAD layout updates (see below)
Dan Alleck completed his 17th week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions (see below)
Michael Hagler completed these three layouts for the Shipping Container Village layout within the 7-villages book (see below)
Mihaela “Michelle” Pinzaru completed her 11th week working on the Tree House Village residential renders (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @7:12

Jin Yu continued behind-the-scenes development of the City Center excavation and construction of the footer and foundation tutorial (see below)
Yun Lin began helping with the beam design and calculation aspects of the City Center structural engineering (see below)
David Olivero completed his 16th week helping with the HVAC Designs for the Duplicable City Center (see below)
Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 68th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @8:28

Continued work on the complete Highest Good food rollout plan and cost analysis (see below)
Continued working on the Garden Tools list (see below)
Continued research and development of the open source Permaculture Design for the property (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @9:40

Continued developing the Lesson Plans How-to tutorial page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @9:53

Ashwin Patil finished updating our search engine usability on mobile devices (see below)
Sowmya Manohar, Shubhra Mittal, Priyanka Singh, Asha Tadimari, and Swathy Jayaseelan continued work on the Highest Good Network software (see below)

BIO-SOCIAL PROGRESS SUMMARY: @10:50

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating bio-social progress through Highest Good housing that is artistic and beautiful, more affordable, more space efficient, lasts longer, DIY buildable, and constructed with healthy and sustainable materials:

- - Learn about: Our Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaign
  - Learn about the different village models: 7 Sustainable Village Models
  - Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This last week Shadi Kennedy (Artist and Graphic Designer) rejoined the team and took over development of the Murphy bed instructions. What you see here is his first week helping with this and focusing on developing the parts and component overview pages.

Rejoined the Team and Took Over Development of the Murphy Bed Instructions – Click for Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer) continued with the Cob Village (Pod 3) AutoCAD layout updates. Here is update 107 of Dean’s work. This week he finished development of the landscaping and other details for the floor plan you see here that is also now on the website.

Continued with Cob Village AutoCAD Layout Updates – Click for Page

Dan Alleck (Designer and Illustrator) completed his 17th week working on the Compressed Earth Block Village render additions. This week he focused on adding people and additional door and window details and edits to the two renders shown here.

Continued Working on the Compressed Earth Block Village Render Additions – Click for Page

Michael Hagler (Senior Graphic Designer and Artist) also completed these three layouts for the Shipping Container Village layout within the 7-villages book we’re developing.

Created Layouts for the Shipping Container Village layout Within the 7-Villages Book – Click for Page

Mihaela “Michelle” Pinzaru (Interior Designer and Architectural Drafter) also completed her 11th week working on the Tree House Village (Pod 7) residential renders. This week she created the 8 final renders you see here covering all aspects of the main living spaces, upstairs loft area, central shared space, and central loft area.

Mihaela “Michelle” Pinzaru (Interior Designer and Architectural Drafter), Tree House Village Residents Downstairs Render, One Community

Resident’s Downstairs Render – Click for Tree House Village Page

Tree House Village Residents Main Floor, Final 640, One Community

New Resident’s Main Floor Render – Click for Tree House Village Page

Tree House Village Residents upstairs 1, Final 640, One Community, Mihaela “Michelle” Pinzaru (Interior Designer and Architectural Drafter)

Resident’s Upstairs 1 Render – Click for Tree House Village Page

Tree House Village Residents upstairs 2, Final, One Community, Mihaela “Michelle” Pinzaru (Interior Designer and Architectural Drafter)

Resident’s Upstairs 2 Render – Click for Tree House Village Page

Tree House Village Residents, Central Detail, Final, One Community

Resident’s Central Detail – Click for Tree House Village Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating bio-social progress through a Duplicable and Sustainable City Center that is LEED Platinum certified/Sustainable, can feed 200 people at a time, provide laundry for over 300 people, is beautiful, spacious, and saves resources, money, and space:

- - Learn about this building and it’s function: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

Jin Yu (Structural Engineering Designer) continued with her work with the behind-the-scenes development of the City Center excavation and construction of the footer and foundation tutorial. This week’s focus was the retaining wall details shown here.

Continued with City Center Excavation and Construction Footer and Foundation Tutorial – Click for Page

Yun Lin (Bridge Design Engineer) also began helping with the beam design and calculation aspects of the City Center structural engineering. The spreadsheet shown here is some of this work.

Began with Beam Design and Calculation Aspects of City Center Structural Engineering – Click for Page

David Olivero (Mechanical Engineer & Data Scientist) completed his 16th week helping with the HVAC Designs for the Duplicable City Center. This week’s focus was running new calculations for the kitchen HVAC loads using a conservative approach and an ultra-sustainable approach, both of which can be seen here.

Continued Helping with HVAC Designs for the Duplicable City Center – Click for Page

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 68th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was testing more approaches and finalizing the lighting strategy for the basement, which you can see here.

Continued Working on Lighting Specifics for the City Center – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating bio-social progress through Highest Good food that is more diverse, more nutritious, locally grown and sustainable, and part of our open source botanical garden model to support and share bio-diversity:

- - Learn about the structures: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
  - See what we’ll be growing: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week, the core team continued work on the complete Highest Good food rollout plan and cost analysis. We continued adding items and links to the details list for 20-50 people, as shown here.

Continued Work on the Complete Highest Good Food Rollout Plan and Cost Analysis – Click for Page

The core team also continued working on the Garden Tools list, adding descriptions and images to the Excel chart, as shown here.

Continued Working on the Garden Tools List – Click for Page

In addition, the core team continued research and development of the open source Permaculture Design for the property. This week we finished the graphics for the Section Analysis, Zone Overview, Water-Structure-Access Overview, and the Detailed Design – all shown here.

Continued Research and Design of the Open Source Permaculture Design for the Property – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating bio-social progress through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students:

- - Learn about the components: Education open source hub
  - Learn how the components work together: How to use the Education for Life Program

This week, the core team continued developing the Lesson Plans How-to tutorial page. This week we finished the first 30% of the section giving examples of how to use each other component with the lesson plans component.

Continued Developing the Lesson Plans How-to tutorial Page – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating bio-social progress through a Highest Good society approach to living that is founded on fulfilled living, the study of meeting human needs, Community, and making a difference in the world:

- - Read the Highest Good society overview: Highest Good Society
  - Learn about the model for fulfilled living and sharing: A Day in the Life
  - Learn about the 4 economic models: RBE | For-profit | Non-profit | Entrepreneurship
  - Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network

This last week Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) finished updating our search engine usability on mobile devices. What you see here are the new mobile layouts.