I wish, we could always use competent Draftsmen, but we are a TINY shop. Just one registered surveyor and the field crew and the office staff. In a tiny office haha!

This is all self study for me, with a little inspiration from my day job. I'm serious about making this dream of a Technology-Focused Intentional Community a reality. I have been reading everything from Management Cybernetics (Stafford Beer) to books on automation and work, to Aeroponics and robotics. It's a BIG dream, but something I think can happen someday. There is still a LOT of work to do.

I've been thinking more and more about how to integrate the contained earth method of construction with a geodesic frame. Combining the thermal mass with the benefits of a geodesic semi-sphere would be fantastic. The best of both worlds.

And you'll see that this energy minimization design is important for being able to provide adequate energy to homes with less necessary surface area in the community being taken up by photovoltaics. It all works together, but needs some SOLID numbers in order to demonstrate feasibility. That is step 305, and I'm on oh... maybe step 10 LOL.

Here's a ROUGH work in progress that I'm playing with right now. This is supposed to show approximate scaling of the homes on the perimeter, as well as some hypothetical structural support in the middle:

I was thinking of having "sectors" or areas centered around the structural support using more traditional construction methods, and integrating lofts on top of that for more space. I think a more open floorplan would be nice, as it would freely allow airflow from one place to another.

By "eyeballing" the proportions here, I think this would be about 20 US Feet in height, which would give us approximately 1,256 square feet, and with additional constructed loft space 8 US Feet above, I'd probably be able to get that total square footage to approx. 1800 - 2000 of living space.

Of course, there are other considerations such as plumbing, electrical, etc that needs to be considered here, but that's step 210 or something lol.

Please, if you have interest in the project and wish to give me suggestions, I'm open to it!

I REALLY appreciate your interest!