ProjectDetails

This is a preparation for a "Riva" focused on a collaborative Workspace and Living (8 months out of the year).

The bootstrapping plan for 2009 is at WorkingPlan.

Currently, the situation is primitive, and the plan is to upgrade. A small `campground´ for aprox 12-24 people, suitable for seminars. The site has hosted an event with over 100 people.

Several year-round cabins will be built. All structures will have ~96 sqft of floor space, and will serve as a form of micro-housing (see http://www.motherearthnews.com/Green-Home-Building/1995-04-01/The-World-of-the-Microhouse.aspx)

Facilities

• BunkHouses
• MicroHousing?
  • same size as bunk house, non-temporary lodging for 1-2

• KitchenDining
• MeetingAreas?
  • Indoor
    • Teams can work in bunkhouses
    • Dining area for larger meetings
  • Outdoor
    • bench seating around campfire area
    • drum circle facility
• Other
  • Day-use cafe area
  • PC Reuse lab
  • Amateur radio facility
  • Woodworking area
  • Auto/Mechanical shop
  • Maple trees for syrup production
  • Sustainable Lumber sales
  • Organic Produce sales

Basics

• permanent space
• door locks
• power and cabling
  • could be standard mains power
  • generator
    • must be clean power for sensitive electronics equipment
  • UPS
• light
• toilets (auto clean)
  • out-house
  • upgrade to composting
• accessible manuals
• garbage collection
  • waste awareness
  • composting + burning + recycling
• cleaning facilities
  • laundry and shower
    • both available
    • future outdoor shower

Office Work

• internet + wireless
  • probably via satellite
  • cable & dsl pending local infrastructure upgrades
• chairs
  • build-able with local resources
• desk
  • build-able with local resources
  • desks under fold-up beds in bunk houses
• lamps
  • LED, low-voltage lighting
• phones
  • voip soft-phones over ethernet cable for where 802.11 won't work
• soundsystem
• paper and pencils etc.
• printer
  • ink-jet and laser
    • need refills
• projector
  • needed
• scanner
  • available

Outdoor Work

• deer-resistant garden
  • http://www.wwoof.org/
• lumber mill
• maple trees to tap for syrup
• raw materials for wood crafts

Storage

• critter-resistant food containers
• equipment storage
• personal storage

Kitchen

• structure
  • 8´x12´ kitchen/serving area
  • 24´x12´ covered dining area
• water
  • cistern/tank or water line
• tea / coffee
  • thermos bottles to store hot drinks for long periods
  • DIY hot water
• fridge
  • would need to be LPG powered
• stove
  • traditional LPG stove/oven

Ambients

• a good climate (temperature and air quality)
  • potential for lots of snow in the winter
• plants in GreenMicrohousing
• a nice view
• biking/hiking trails
• swimming area

CurrentStatus?

• facilities available
  • ceramics
  • 100 acres of forest
  • lumber mill
• facilities unavailable
  • good broadband internet access
  • mains electricity to facility area