Sustainable and Open Source Solutions – One Community Weekly Progress Update #186

One Community is an all-volunteer nonprofit creating sustainable and open source solutions for food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more.

• Here’s our project overview
• Here’s our world-change methodology
  
• Here’s how this becomes self-replicating
• Here’s how we are open source and free-sharing all the do-it-yourself designs

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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 October 16th, 2016 edition (#186) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Sustainable and Open Source Solutions
One Community Progress Update #186

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

SUSTAINABLE AND OPEN SOURCE SOLUTIONS INTRO: @1:03

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @1:58

• Transferred final 25% of written content for Personal Growth Lesson Plan to website (see below)
• Behind the scenes: wrote second 25% of the written part of the Individuality Lesson Plan.
• Completed final 25% of the mindmap for the Beliefs Lesson Plan (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @2:54

• Created templates for images linking to downloadable files and specific images for our Transition Kitchen page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @3:21

• Continued with layers of revisions for the upcoming 7 villages online book (see below)
• Shilcy Augustine continued her 2nd week of helping us merge all our Earthbag Village files (see below)
• Fernando Remolina assumed management of the Vermiculture Bathroom development (see below)
• Brianna Johnson finished her work on the Straw Bale Village (see below)
• Dean Scholz further developed what’s necessary for us to create quality Cob Village renders (see below)
• Hamilton Mateca finished his 12th week helping evolve the Compressed Earth Block Village (see below)
• Guy Grossfeld continued 3D creation of the specific blocks that will be used for the Compressed Earth Block Village (see below)
• Aparna Tandon continued her work on the Compressed Earth Block Village external elements (see below)
• Yee-Cheng Ho finished her 4th week of helping by creating new 1st-generation views of the Shipping Container Village (see below)
• Jiming Chen continued helping develop the Tree House Village (see below)
• Zachary Melin continued updating the Tree House Village book created by last year’s intern Team (see below)

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @6:49

• Finished 3D layout updates for the Restroom in the Dining Dome of theDuplicable City Center (see below)
• Continued developing the aesthetic details around the natural pool in the Social Dome (see below)
• Iris Hsu continued render-testing the recycled pipe shelving for the Duplicable City Center library (see below)
• Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei and Shuna Ni continued their work on the City Center column placement and calculations (see below)
• Neha Verma helped create these first-generation wall-section details drawings (see below)
• Jinxi Feng continued her research helping us create an in-depth laundry and dryer machine sustainability analysis (see below)
• Ricardo Carrillo helped provide these first-generation wall component and construction details (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @8:54

• Ashwin Patil completed his 2nd week of helping with the new web design (see below)
• Sergiy Chernyshov helped us by proofreading and editing the One Community open source page written in Russian (see below)

SUSTAINABLE AND OPEN SOURCE SOLUTIONS SUMMARY: @9:26

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HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable and open source solutions 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 final 25% of the written content for the Personal Growth 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 “Personal Growth” is now 100% completed on our website:

Personal Growth Lesson Plan – Complete – Click to Visit Page

Behind the scenes, we wrote the second 25% of the written part of the Individuality Lesson Plan.

We also completed the final 25% of the mindmap for the Beliefs Lesson Plan, bringing it to 100% complete, which you see here:

Beliefs Mindmap – Complete – Click to Visit Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable and open source solutions 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 created templates for images linking to downloadable files and specific images for our Transition Kitchen page. You can see images of that work here:

Created Templates for Images Linking to Downloadable Files – Click for Transition Kitchen Page

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable and open source solutions 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

Continued Revisions of Upcoming 7 Villages Online Book – Click to Visit Page

Shilcy Augustine (Architect) continued her 2nd week of helping us merge all our Earthbag Village files. This week’s focus was on altering the dimensions and text scales so that they can be readable in the sheet format and bringing the dimensions into one layer.

Continued Merging Our Earthbag Village Files – Click for Page

Also working on the Earthbag Village, Fernando Remolina (Industrial Engineer specializing in Project Management) assumed management of the Vermiculture Bathroom development. What you see here are his first two weeks of outlining the project and all steps for completion.

Assumed Management of Vermiculture Bathroom Development – Click for Page

Straw Bale Village Renders for the Central Fireplace with a Chimney – Click to Visit Page

Dean Scholz (Architectural Designer), further developed what’s necessary for us to create quality Cob Village (Pod 3) renders. Here is update 39 of his work continuing to work on external details:

Further Developed What’s Necessary to Create Quality Cob Village Renders – Click to Visit Page

…and providing this final render of the external view looking East:

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

… and this final view of the front of the village:

Final Render of Front View – Click to Visit Cob Village

Hamilton Mateca (AutoCAD and Revit Drafter and Designer) also finished his 12th week helping evolve the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4). This week’s focus was developing the Southwest-residence layout, elevation, and 3D details in Revit, as you can see here.

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

Guy Grossfeld (Graphic Designer) also continued 3D creation of the specific blocks that will be used for the Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4). What you see here is his 7th week of this work that included continued revisions for his first 3D earth block bench:

Continued Creation of Blocks in 3D for Compressed Earth Block Village – Click to Visit Page

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

Yee-Cheng Ho (Interior Designer) also finished her 4th week of helping by creating these new 1st-generation views of the Shipping Container Village (Pod 5) Unit Type 2 as they are planned for in the village (left), and this view of how these will be able to be open sourced as a 2-bedroom home option too (right).

Created New 1st-Generation Views of the Shipping Container Village – Click to Visit Page

Jiming Chen (Designer with his Master’s in Architecture and BA in Engineering) also continued helping develop the Tree House Village (Pod 7). What you see here is his 2nd week of this work focusing on developing the complete layout of this village to better determine the walkway layouts and where the fire escapes should best be placed.

Continued Developing the Tree House Village – Click to Visit Page

Zachary Melin (Graphic Designer) also continued updating the Tree House Village (Pod 7) book created by last year’s intern Team. What you see here is week 10 of this work including 2 updated pages and the before-and-after graphics created for one of them.

Continued Updating the Tree House Village Book – Click to Visit Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable and open source solutions 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 finished 3D layout updates for the Restroom in the Dining Dome of the Duplicable City Center, moving the urinal, towel holder, and trashcan as we adjusted for better plumbing positions.

Continued Working on Restroom in Dining Dome – Click for Duplicable City Center

We also continued developing the aesthetic details around the natural pool in the Social Dome. We added a waterfall to each side of the pool with adjacent sitting spaces, lighting adjustments to highlight the waterfalls, and added plants between the rocks.

Continued Working on Aesthetics for Natural Pool in the Social Dome – Click for Page

Iris Hsu, (Industrial Designer), continued render-testing the recycled pipe shelving for the Duplicable City Center library. What you see here is round #21 of her work. This week’s focus was color and texture render-testing the floor and beginning final renders with people added to them:

Continued Render-Testing the Recycled Pipe Shelving for Duplicable City Center Library – Click for Page

Here is the final color set that we chose:

Final Color Set Chosen in Render-Testing the Recycled Pipe Shelving – Click to Visit Page

Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) and Shuna Ni (Masters of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering PhD) continued their work on the City Center column placement and calculations. What you see here are updated beam layouts for all the floors and some images showing most current steel pipe sizing details for the domes themselves.

Continued Work on the City Center Column Placement and Calculations – Click to Visit Page

Neha Verma (Construction Project Manager and Bachelor’s of Architecture), also helped create these first-generation wall-section details drawings.

Created First-Generation Wall-Section Details Drawings – Click to Visit City Center

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 6th week of behind-the-scenes research into this area, along with the spreadsheets she is using to organize her data for professional presentation.

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

Ricardo Carrillo (Design Consultant and Principal of Acumen Industries) also helped provide these first-generation wall component and construction details:

Helped Provide First-Generation Wall Component and Construction Details – Click for Duplicable City Center

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating sustainable and open source solutions 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 week, Ashwin Patil (Web Developer) completed his 2nd week of helping with the new web design. This week’s focus was adding all the Earthbag Village links, icons, and a new mouseover affect to the filter that will allow for easy navigation from any page to any other page within the new site.

Continued Helping with the New Web Design – Click to Visit Home Page

Sergiy Chernyshov, (Founder of Enebra.org) and a native of Russia, also helped us by proofreading and editing the One Community open source page written in Russian. You can see some of this work here:

Proofread and Edited Open Source Page Written in Russian – Click to Visit Page

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