Montreal (Quebec) Radiant Zones
 

This thread is related to the "Montreal area ground crew" thread and can be seen as a subheading for http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=13806.

The location for the Radiant zone outside Montreal (Laurentians) was selected according to the following criteria:

http://i40.tinypic.com/5eiwet.jpg

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Some pictures of the land:
View from the private road :

http://i44.tinypic.com/2mys2yt.jpg

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Private mountain:
http://i40.tinypic.com/2h50e8i.jpg

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Trout stream:
http://i43.tinypic.com/15po7l1.jpg

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I've started building a house on the land and expect to finish the interior this summer. Here's some pictures:

A warm up first by building a shed in the fall:
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Start of excavation in the spring:
http://i44.tinypic.com/2j11po0.jpg


footers:
http://i43.tinypic.com/ruo12h.jpg

foundation/basement:
http://i40.tinypic.com/29p9pw6.jp

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Using steel re-enforced concrete and integrated concrete forms:
http://i39.tinypic.com/xdsaih.jpg


Getting some help from the family for the roof:
http://i39.tinypic.com/15e7eqs.jpg


Putting up bay windows:
http://i41.tinypic.com/30mx45e.jpg


House in the winter:
http://i39.tinypic.com/2cwtl3c.jpg

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http://i43.tinypic.com/iw0hle.jpg
My first design for a retreat center to be bermed into a slope:

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Great pictures, Northern Sanctuary. I have save the URL to send around to friends.

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As a way of introduction, here's some information on the beginning vision of my Radiant Zone, called Rainbow Community. The Rainbow Community is a place where like-minded people can form a community to live, and experience life as a spiritual/mental and physical being. The following diagram illustrated the desired goal for the community to evolve to a direction where more time will be available to develop the spiritual aspect of life, compared to the present society where the focus is on the physical aspect of life.
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The community values to live by can be expressed as Spirit, Respect, and Perseverance. By Spirit is mean the recognition of our essence as a spiritual being; we do not need to always agree, but we must always treat each other with respect; the quality of perseverance is required to accomplish one's goals.

The Radiant Zone community can be viewed as prototyping for a new way of living, a new society if you will. My part in this is to provide a framework, a creative environment for this to happen. I do not see my myself as the only initiator for projects or activities to evolve the community. Anyone can go through the process of proposing a project, getting people interested and finding the resources to initiate a project. In this sense I see myself more as a catalyst, a facilitator for the vision. My own initiating project is proposing a retreat center where people can live there, and practice and develop their physical/ mental and spiritual abilities. When they are not present, the rooms can be rented out for revenue. This is part of a desired goal to have a self sufficient community. Being able to grow food is another part of it and can be seen as a separate or companion project. People that can identify with the goals, but not be able to locate there can be part of what I call the Rainbow Fellowship. See the diagram below for this proposal:

http://i39.tinypic.com/2afjqra.jpg