August 2088 Progress Report

The Academy is continuing to make great progress on our new Center.

We have actually laid out the footings for the entire perimeter of the lower level now, with the upper level walls well under way.

You can get the feel of the entire Center now and the sensitivity and care we’ve taken. Because we are bermed into the hillside, we inhabit a gracious amount of space, without taking over the landscape.

There is a veritable underground city associated with our project.

This includes the underground ductwork for ventilation. These ducts will be encased in concrete and gravel, to provide the sound isolation we want in the Center for peaceful work and contemplation.

Conduit is being run within, through and behind walls. All designed to have access to state of the art technology and electrical needs.

We will be able to beam audio and visual programs from the Academy and have live teleconferencing to and from other locations.

We will be installing compact fluorescents and LEDs for low electrical use in the Center, and wiring the Center for computer access from all locations of the building and to our beautiful outside patios and gardens.

Stay tuned to future progress reports and come for a site visit to see in person. Click here to see dates of our next site visit.

Some underground ventilation under the dining room. Meditation room in the distance.

Ventilation running under our courtyard.

Aaron Stern, our founder, with Eleanor Makris, our Academy elder.

View from the south east corner lower level of the Center in late August. Amazing progress!

North wall of lower level conference room and Seton Archives. The small rectangles on the top denote the floor joists for the upper level Gallery.