Regenerative Community Building – One Community Weekly Progress Update #191

Posted on November 20, 2016 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 November 20th, 2016 edition (#191) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Regenerative Community Building
One Community Progress Update #191

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

REGENERATIVE COMMUNITY BUILDING INTRO: @1:03

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @1:56

Transferred second 25% of the written content for the Consciousness Lesson Plan to the website (see below)
Behind the scenes: wrote the third and final 25% sections of the written part of the Consciousness Lesson Plan
Completed the first 25% of the mindmap for the Individuality Lesson Plan (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @2:52

Organized recipes on the omnivore recipe pages for our Transition Kitchen strategy, and created a “breakfast recipes” page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @3:21

Ashwini Ramesh and the core team put a combined total of 20 hours into the Licensing and Permitting section of the crowdfunding campaign we are developing (see below)
Finished updates to two final Straw Bale Village renders and added them to the site (see below)
Dean Scholz continued helping us create quality Cob Village renders (see below)
Hamilton Mateca finished his 18th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village design details (see below)
Guy Grossfeld continued with 3D earth block construction for the Compressed Earth Block Village (see below)
Aparna Tandon continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @5:28

Continued render creation for the Duplicable City Center. This included these two finished perspectives for the Kitchen in the Dining Dome (see below)
Updated all the formatting and icons on all the pages linked to from the main City Center open source hub (see below)
Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei and Shuna Ni continued their work on the City Center structural engineering (see below)
Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 19th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)
Jinxi Feng continued her research helping us create an in-depth laundry and dryer machine sustainability analysis (see below)
Jennifer Zhou and Ashwin Patil finished their 3rd week of collaboratively working on the open source pipe furniture page (see below)
Ramya Vudi was joined by Shubham Agrawal working on the solar sizing plan as well and our collaboration with Mike Hogan designing the Control and Automation systems (see below)
Renan Dantas joined the team and started creating our next generation of Duplicable City Center section drawings (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @8:14

Ashwin Patil and Jennifer Zhou completed what is, collectively, the 7th week of work developing the new site search engine (see below)
Yuri Witte completed his 2nd week of helping create the music that will accompany the new overview video we are planning (see below)

REGENERATIVE COMMUNITY BUILDING SUMMARY: @8:

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating regenerative community building 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 last week the core team transferred the second 25% of the written content for the Consciousness Lesson Plan to the website, as you see here. This lesson plan purposed to teach all subjects, to all learning levels, in any learning environment, using the central theme of “Consciousness” is now 50% completed on our website.

Transferred Second 25% of Consciousness Lesson Plan to Site – Click to Visit Page

Behind the scenes, we wrote the third and final 25% sections of the written part of the Consciousness Lesson Plan.

We also completed the first 25% of the mindmap for the Individuality Lesson Plan, which you see here:

Individuality Mindmap – 25% Complete – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating regenerative community building 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 organized recipes on the omnivore recipe pages for our Transition Kitchen strategy, and created a “breakfast recipes” page. You can see images of that work here:

Organized Recipes on Omnivore Recipe Pages and Created a “Breakfast Recipes” Page – Click to Visit Transition Kitchen Page

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating regenerative community building 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 the core team and Ashwini Ramesh (Civil Engineer and Project Manager) put another combined total of 20 hours into the crowdfunding campaign we are developing. This weeks work focused on finishing the content for the Licensing and Permitting section, as shown here:

Worked on the Content for the Licensing and Permitting Section – Click to Visit Page

We also finished updates to these two final Straw Bale Village (Pod 2) renders and added them to the site. The first one is the “Children’s Playroom” and the second one is the “Outdoor Play Area Looking Northeast.”

One Community Final Render, Straw Bale Village, Playroom

Final Render of Playroom – Click to Visit Straw Bale Village

One Community Final Render, Straw Bale Village, Outdoor Play Area Looking Northeast

Final Render of Outdoor Play Area Looking Northeast – Click to Visit Straw Bale Village

Next, we updated the Straw Bale Village header, social media, and preview images with the new floor plan, as shown here:

New Straw Bale Village Floor Plan Created – Click to Visit Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer), continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 44 of his work creating all the iterations you see here…

Continued Helping us Create Quality Cob Village Renders – Click to Visit Page

….leading up to this final rooftop view looking North render:

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer), continued helping us create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders eading up to this final rooftop view looking North.

Final Render of the Rooftop View Looking North – Click to Visit Cob Village

He also fixed the sky to create this new final render of the back view looking East:

Dean also fixed the sky to create this new final render of the back view looking East, Cob Village, One Community

Updated Final Render of the Back View Looking East – Click to Visit Cob Village

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 18th week helping with the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) design details. This week’s focus was focused on continued development of the internal and external Revit 3-D room and exterior design specifics shown here.

Continued Evolving the Compressed Earth Block Village – Click to Visit Page

Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) continued with 3D earth block construction for the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4). This week’s focus was hours of brick placement for a real-to-life layout of the earth brick labyrinth, we’re starting over now with a new approach.

Continued w/ 3D Earth Block Outdoor Furniture Construction – Click for Compressed Earth Block Village

Aparna Tandon (Architect) additionally continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements. What you see here is her 7th week of work, focusing on updates to the code-compliant fire road and beginning to develop the details of the central play area.

Continued Work on Compressed Earth Block Village External Elements – Click to Visit Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating regenerative community building 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

This week the core team continued render creation for the Duplicable City Center. This included these two finished perspectives looking Northwest and Northeast for the Kitchen in the Dining Dome:

Duplicable City Center Kitchen Render, One Community, View Looking Northwest

Duplicable City Center Kitchen Final Render – View Looking Northwest

Duplicable City Center Kitchen Render, One Community

Duplicable City Center Kitchen Final Render – View Looking Northeast

…as part of these, we also added the columns into all the other perspectives to check the 3-D view and accuracy as compared to the AutoCAD file, identifying all discrepancies as shown here:

Continued Render Creation for the Duplicable City Center – Click to Visit Page

In addition to this, the core team also updated all the formatting and icons on all the pages linked to from the main City Center open source hub. You can see a collage of these updates here:

The core team also updated all the formatting and icons on all the pages linked to from the main City Center open source hub. You can see a collage of these updates here:

Updated Formatting & Icons for Pages Linked to the City Center – Click to Visit Main Hub

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) and Shuna Ni (Masters of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering PhD) also continued their work on the City Center structural engineering. This week’s work focused on environmental load calculations and additional updates to the internal column calculations.

Continued Work on the City Center Structural Engineering – Click to Visit Page

And Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) also continued with her 19th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was researching and comparing specific bulbs. This image is a good summary of what our research confirmed.

Continued Lighting Specifics for the City Center – Click to Enlarge

Jinxi Feng (Environmental Consultant) also continued her research helping us create an in-depth laundry and dryer machine sustainability analysis. What you see here is her 11th week of behind-the-scenes work on this are of the project. This week’s focus was finishing the research and writing process for the “What” and “Why” sections. Here is this work ready for movement to the webpage.

Continued Research for in-Depth Laundry and Dryer Machine Sustainability Analysis – Click to Visit Page

Also, Jennifer Zhou (Web Designer) and Ashwin Patil (Web Developer), finished their 3rd week of collaboratively working on the open source pipe furniture page. What you see here is the initial formatting of this page taking shape along with the new slider feature at the top and an additional slider below that for easier page summarization and navigation.

Continued Working on the Open Source Pipe Furniture Page – Click to Visit

Ramya Vudi (Electrical Engineer) was also joined by Shubham Agrawal (Electrical Engineer) working on the solar sizing plan as well and our collaboration with Mike Hogan (Automation Systems Developer and Business Systems Consultant) designing the Control and Automation systems. What you see here are some of the notes and research from this team’s 4th week of work on both of these tasks:

Continued on Solar Sizing Plan & Control & Automation Systems – Click for Control Systems Page

And Renan Dantas (Mechanical Engineer) joined the team and started creating our next generation of Duplicable City Center section drawings. You can see this work-in-progress here.

Started Creating our Next Generation of Duplicable City Center Section Drawings – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is facilitating regenerative community building 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

Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) and Jennifer Zhou (Web Designer) also completed what is, collectively, the 7th week of work developing the new site search engine. This week’s focus was inputting the details for the Highest Good economics section and writing the code for the Straw Bale Village (pod2) and Duplicable City Center sections, as shown here.

Continued Developing New Site Search Engine – Click to Visit Home Page

And Yuri Witte (Music Composer and Sound Designer)” completed his 2nd week of helping create the music that will accompany the new overview video we are planning. This week’s focus was adding test voiceover and writing an option for the closing piano music. You can hear an example of the work-in-progress audio in the background here, and the complete clips (including the test voiceover) as the 5th and 6th iterations on Yuri’s SoundCloud: