The Baja Station is an off grid arts and sciences centre in La Fortuna, B.C.S., Mexico. When I arrived there for my volunteer term in December, the station, consisting of 2 tiny houses, a kitchen, 2 showers, a workshop, a music studio, a cafe/bar, and a large event space, were all running off of 2 15 amp plugs coming off of the inverter of a solar array. They were experiencing constant overloads. I grounded the solar array and music studio, allowing it to be used, and designed and installed muiltiple power distribution panels, and a breaker box, in order to safely and efficiently distribute power throughout the station.
In this project, Jad and I designed and built a raised hardwood floor on an uneven roof. We treated, stripped, sized, sanded, and stained every piece from raw timber. We then installed first the tar paper sealant, and then the lifting subfloor, to allow air to flow under the floor. We then begain with the frame for the design, before installing the running boards. As the frame we were building on was uneven, everything had to be sized individually. All of the floorboards were slightly separated to allow expansion as well as airflow.
In this project, Jad, Marty and I built, in tandem with Heather's excellent aesthetic vision, an upscale reimagined saloon. All of the cabinets were completely custom built, to fit the varying sized slots left by the framing contractor. The final few images are credit of Heather!
In the style of Polar Night Energy, Pete and I built this sand battery to store excess renewable energy! It functions as a heat source currently, but with some modifications, the energy could be converted back into electricity. The system uses temperature sensing probes, fed through a microcontroller, to manage current supply and keep the temperature in the desired range.
