Comments on: The Hexayurt http://tinyhouseblog.com/yurts/the-hexayurt/ Small House Living Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:27:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Vinay Gupta http://tinyhouseblog.com/yurts/the-hexayurt/comment-page-1/#comment-20441 Vinay Gupta Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:40:13 +0000 http://tinyhouseblog.com/?p=913#comment-20441 Tons of great pics from Burning Man at Flickr http://flickr.com/search/?q=hexayurt&s=rec And here you can see pix from the demonstration at the Pentagon (!) http://picasaweb.google.com/tidesbart/StarTidesDemos I love those pics. Engineers Without Borders turned up and built them with the http://STAR-TIDES.net team right in the courtyard at the center of the Pentagon. I sort of knew we'd arrived then. :) What's really cool is how many people have downloaded the designs and Just Built It. This year, more and more, I've been referring questions to the people on the mailing list because in many areas they know more than I do - materials availability, where to source tape particularly, issues with needing to clean surfaces in special ways, fire testing... all that came from the developer community this year far more than me. The design has gone into the wild thanks to Burning Man, and that's really been the goal all along: people Just Build It. Enjoy, there are some great pictures there, Vinay Tons of great pics from Burning Man at Flickr

http://flickr.com/search/?q=hexayurt&s=rec

And here you can see pix from the demonstration at the Pentagon (!)

http://picasaweb.google.com/tidesbart/StarTidesDemos

I love those pics. Engineers Without Borders turned up and built them with the http://STAR-TIDES.net team right in the courtyard at the center of the Pentagon. I sort of knew we’d arrived then. :)

What’s really cool is how many people have downloaded the designs and Just Built It. This year, more and more, I’ve been referring questions to the people on the mailing list because in many areas they know more than I do – materials availability, where to source tape particularly, issues with needing to clean surfaces in special ways, fire testing… all that came from the developer community this year far more than me. The design has gone into the wild thanks to Burning Man, and that’s really been the goal all along: people Just Build It.

Enjoy, there are some great pictures there,

Vinay

]]> By: Christina http://tinyhouseblog.com/yurts/the-hexayurt/comment-page-1/#comment-20437 Christina Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:00:09 +0000 http://tinyhouseblog.com/?p=913#comment-20437 Thanks Mr. Gupta, for the corrections and additional information. I was much impressed with the hexayurt's ability to block out the heat. We would love to see some additional photos. Thanks Mr. Gupta, for the corrections and additional information. I was much impressed with the hexayurt’s ability to block out the heat. We would love to see some additional photos.

]]> By: The Bucky-Gandhi Design Institution » Tiny House Blog covers the Hexayurt http://tinyhouseblog.com/yurts/the-hexayurt/comment-page-1/#comment-20431 The Bucky-Gandhi Design Institution » Tiny House Blog covers the Hexayurt Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:08:30 +0000 http://tinyhouseblog.com/?p=913#comment-20431 [...] http://tinyhouseblog.com/yurts/the-hexayurt [...] [...] http://tinyhouseblog.com/yurts/the-hexayurt [...]

]]> By: Vinay Gupta http://tinyhouseblog.com/yurts/the-hexayurt/comment-page-1/#comment-20430 Vinay Gupta Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:06:03 +0000 http://tinyhouseblog.com/?p=913#comment-20430 Couple of small points - firstly, you can make a hexayurt out of anything that happens to be available and appropriate. Thermax HD and hexacomb are both really nice materials, with very different costs and performance properties. I like them both very much, but there are many other options - it's all about being able to use materials in the standard 4' x 8' panel size, which covers literally thousands of possible materials. And US DOD has no interest in using the hexayurt in military applications - when they need long term shelter they tend to use things like container housing or build barracks, and for short term use they have excellent tents with a lot of special features which only really apply in a military context. Their interest is strictly humanitarian. Really good article, and thank you for telling people about our work, Vinay Gupta Hexayurt Project. Couple of small points – firstly, you can make a hexayurt out of anything that happens to be available and appropriate. Thermax HD and hexacomb are both really nice materials, with very different costs and performance properties. I like them both very much, but there are many other options – it’s all about being able to use materials in the standard 4′ x 8′ panel size, which covers literally thousands of possible materials.

And US DOD has no interest in using the hexayurt in military applications – when they need long term shelter they tend to use things like container housing or build barracks, and for short term use they have excellent tents with a lot of special features which only really apply in a military context. Their interest is strictly humanitarian.

Really good article, and thank you for telling people about our work,

Vinay Gupta
Hexayurt Project.

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