Hi! Yes, please let me know whatever I can do to help with all of this. Please feel free to use the term Hexayurt to refer to hexayurts - I don't know what else you'd call them.
On the OSB hexayurt, two things. 1> I've got a pile of video that Marcin's team uploaded, and as soon as I know whether it's public domain / ready for release I'll post it online, but they're off the internet for a few days so I can't ask them. 2> For things that might fall on people and squash them, get your own engineers or builders to really seriously think it through and make sure it's alright. Because a 240 lbs plywood roof with 1600 lbs of snow on it is a real hazard unless it stays up and I'm not a structural engineer. Your builders need to take responsibility for their structures because every climate is different and snow, particularly, is very very heavy. I'm willing to bet that when shown the design and eventually the video, a lot of people will figure out together what the structural limits of the hexayurt in plywood are, but until we've got a good consensus from builders and engineers, it's going to be a case-by- case basis for people, depending on climate and judgement and their own access to engineering expertise. The big issue is clearly snow. I'm fairly sure that a plywood hexayurt with good fastenings is going to be more or less invulnerable to wind excepting tornados and hurricanes, but snow is just *so* heavy when you get a big fall. As mentioned before, the pentayurt is better for snow because the roof angle will tend to make the snow fall off it more easily, but there's a whole art of making roofs work in huge snow areas - lots of different approaches, lots of regional variation. Now is the time for real engineering but, in the mean time, get your builders to take a look. Vinay -- Vinay Gupta Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision Gizmo Project VOIP : (USA) 775-743-1851 Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk : hexayurt Icelandic Cell : (+354) 869-4605 "If it doesn't fit, force it." On Oct 3, 2008, at 10:16 PM, LaRahna wrote: > Vinya, > I've been following the emails for a short while and I am very > interested in the hexayurt. I am working on 2 projects. 1 - we have > been planning to have a "tent in" to raise awareness about our > homelessness issue in my community and state. After reading about > the OSB designed hexayurt....I thought it would be an excellent > opportunity to bring together a team to "test" build an OSB yurt in > conjunction with this tent-in event. > > Also I am working on an off the grid sustainable community here > regionally and we are looking for phase 1 structures for the first > few months until we are able to produce our own straw for straw > bale structures...AGAIN, the OSB yurt looks like an option that > definately fits into our core values (cost-effective, low tech, > etc...) > > Are there any detailed plans for the OSB models? Or has anyone done > any detailed notes that we could convert to plans...(like with > measurements, and techniques used)? I read the overview page and it > didn't give definate dimensions, etc... > > Let me know if the informaiton exists and if we would be able to > use the "hexayurt" name (and reference your website pages) for this > upcoming event (we are shooting for November)? > > I can be reached of course by email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or phone > at 678.749.2707. > > Live life fully today! > LaRahna Hughes > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Vinay Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > The New Mandate: Tent Cities -> Hexayurt Cities > > The Hexayurt can be made in plywood for $132 plus paint for a long- > life, durable dwelling, or a rapid deployment unit using folding > components can be made. > > There is no reason that we cannot provide acceptable housing to > people unlucky enough to wind up in tent cities. These shelters can > be cheaper than tents, for a much higher quality of life. Please > pass this idea on, circulate it, spread it around, and let's get > some solutions here. > > Everybody deserves a place to live. Let's do the best we can. > > http://hexayurt.com > http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=340 > http://files.howtolivewiki.com/folding_hexayurt/folding_hexayurt.html > > > > > -- > Vinay Gupta > Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest > > http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering > http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision > > Gizmo Project VOIP : (USA) 775-743-1851 > Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk : hexayurt > Icelandic Cell : (+354) 869-4605 > > "If it doesn't fit, force it." > > > > > > > -- > Live life fully today! > LaRahna > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
