Manifold Recording / The Miraverse

At long last, the main building is edging toward completion.  The Loggia had long been the unfinished piece: last to get a roof and last to get a slab.  But now that work is done, and it is gorgeous:

Here’s another perspective:

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The concrete truck made its first of two visits to pour the Loggia slab.  Here we can see the unfinished concrete waiting to be worked:

And the finished result:

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While progress continues all around the site, one topic that’s been getting a huge amount of attention lately has been the wiring plan and the audio eQuipment Room (which we call the QR).  Here is an overview (literally) of the QR:

Here’s what it looks like down on earth:

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The Loggia is getting close to being another finished part of the construction project.  Here we see the rebar and steel screens laid on top of foam that will insulate our slab from the geothermal sink known to most as Earth:

Here’s a detail of a corner of what will become the slab. Note that the slab is reinforced in 3 dimensions, as it should be:

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The concrete Annex floor was poured, tooled, and sealed this week.  The results speak for themselves:

This finished surface will forever reflect the underlying logic of the design.  The look is richly organic:

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