The Pyramid Project

Phase 11

Phase 11 Objective: “Platform Level Complete"
By Mid-June 2009 (2 months)

“Phase 11 Objectives Discussed"

·        Complete Theatre area, Swimming Pool Hatch, Gym, Toilets, Juice Bar, Internet up and running

·        Finally increase staff up to 44

·        Two months for Phase 11 may seem too aggressive but by now with more funds in place it should be possible to have more construction working in parallel

·        The shop also needs to be up and running and it will be necessary to source genuine Artisan

"Phase 11 Task Summary"
(Excluding Costs) 

"Phase 11 Task Details"

11.1         Platform Leaves (Recycled)

·        The leaves from the Central Structure (168m²) are recycled and used on the outside of the building (31m²)

·        At the back of the stage there is also a 74m² area that is leaved. There is no external wall behind the stage

11.2       Platform Floor

·        The floor is in the spider web pattern with the duality of the red Violeta and yellow Anacaspi contrasting each other

·        The outside floor boarding is Masaranduba and is tarred on the underside and laid such that a small camber directs rain flow

·        There is no boarding under the stage freeing up more space for the storage of chairs

·        The swimming pool has a cover that can be applied within half an hour by 3 men or women staff. The cover will rest on 5 iron supports that slide in from under the rest of the floor and lock together to form a strong hub. (It may be necessary to further support this with diagonal uprights that attach to the bottom on the platform underwater. The cover will be an interlocking jigsaw of pieces each weighing less than 100kg. These pieces will be stored between the Topa and boards of floor adjacent to the pool

11.3       Stage & Band Area

·        The stage is 1 meter high and built directly onto the Spider Beams using Topa Supports and Tabla Beams. (There is no floor boarding here). Careful consideration is given to ensuring the area under the stage is friendly to receiving the stacked benches of 400 people. The floor board pattern on stage will be the same as it would have been 1m below. The front side of the stage will also respect this spider web pattern

·        The stage will also contain a trap door and small area accessible invisibly via the stage rear. This gives actors hidden stage entrance from under the stage

·        The band pit will already have been sunk 0.5m into the platform by this phase. It’s continued extension 1m up gives seated musicians 1.5m clearance

·        The stage height above the platform is 1m. Above this, the stage is 4.431m because it extends into Queens. In the upper area plenty of beams will be added to take heavy lights or “antigravity” props. Permanent ladders along with a 1m wide walkway which is 3.4m up at the stage rear will aid lighting access

·        Long black curtains will be draped in the traditional way around the sides and at the back of the stage to hide actor entrances. Also the front curtains will be decorated with Shipibo designs, This act will do much to associate the pyramid with the Shipibo community and shamanism. The pyramid becomes the perfect place to host the Shamanic Conferences

11.4       Platform External Walls & Doors

·        The rear of the stage does not have external walling as it is leaved to the ground

·        The inside walls of the Internet Café and the Gymnasium have walls the same as the windowed external walls of Remocaspi

11.5       Platform Internal Walls & Doors

·        As per drawings

11.6       Complete Platform Building Work

·        Outside benches and plant boxes the same as other floors. The entrance to the boat will have an archway of climbing flowers. There is also plant boxes along the South side of the canal. Plants should be encouraged to grow up the sides of the Western stairwell pillars. Tendering the plants is a key activity of the staff crew

·        The bathrooms to be completed as per drawings

·        Raised ceilings to be added in rooms that are the standard 2.7m high

·        The swimming pool will have collapsible sides that extend a variable distance up to 5m into the water. This is to prevent swimmers from going under the pyramid

11.7       Platform Furniture (Gym, Internet)

·        The gym will be kitted out with 20 machines for cardio vascular and strength exercise. A free weights area will be added. Also an area for floor exercise will be included. Also a first aid post will be set-up including blood pressure monitoring, scales, body fat measuring and basic urinary tests. If possible Live Blood Analysis will be incorporated

·        The seats for performances will be made using light wood. It is important that these can be stacked neatly and stored under the stage. Furniture in the Internet Café will include sofas. Around 10 tables and chairs will be included around the poolside (Again these must be able to be stored under the stage)

·        The Internet Café will contain 20 laptops for public use. These will be arranged in a non linear way and chained to the desks. At the entrance the pyramid’s I.T. employee will have his desk. As well as their I.T. promotional duties they will manage the café. There is currently no plan to have WiFi access across the pyramid thru fear of microwave pollution however this needs to be investigated. Incidentally the pyramid will offer mobile phone hire to guests. Each room will have a double electricity socket near to the desk

·        The Reception Office will house the Pyramid’s main computers. The primary task of these will be hotel booking, hotel security (plastic card key creation), pyramid finances. The reception will also be responsible for linking with future clients on the website and answering questions about the pyramid. This means the reception job is actually highly skilled because it is linked with sales and marketing. Their will be two receptionists whose hours overlap. The Staff Manager (Ivan) will have his desk in the Reception Office. At night-time one of the security guards will man the reception whilst the other patrols

·        The reception bar will extend round to the juice bar and finally to the shop till. This means some cover can easily be worked between staff on toilet breaks etc.

11.8       MR Gold Leafing

·        It is hoped that the artwork in the Meditation Room will become famous across the world. The commissioned artist is David Hewson.  Already David’s work is becoming more well known and he is particularly skilled using gold leafing and working with esoterical content

·        David has been asked to depict the Incan Trilogy on the four MR walls and has chosen to use different tones of gold leaf to paint this. The area covers a surface of 88.4m². In terms of vertical height it is from 2.716m high (72cm above where the windows end below), right up to 5.431m high where the glass apex starts. This vertical height of 2.716 translates to a diagonal height of 3.453m hence the large area.

·        It has been decided that the art paneling should be removable so as not to damage the art. This is because solar power panels will eventually be functioning on the outside adjacent to the art and it is necessary to be able to rebuild the MR roof or cater for moving sections that may want to re-angle with the sun

·        Necessary scaffolding will be arranged in the MR to assist David