Yes, multistory would be prohibitively difficult. Imagine an array of connected ones, though, similar to this grouping of connected yurts:
http://www.yurts.com/images/photo-gallery/large/22_gallery_lrg.jpg That would get the square footage up to a liveable amount (by Western standards) for a couple or small family. > Subject: [hexayurt] Re: Grancrete > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 15:56:28 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Greetings, > > On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 20:48 +0000, Troy Jones wrote: > [...] > > > I think there's a real class of people, and quickly growing at that, > > who are doing well enough that they're not in a tent, but who can't > > afford a traditional house and would be thrilled with 1200 square feet > > of a close-packed hexayurt grouping if it came in around $25-$30K. A > > business built around that as a non-profit could then funnel revenue > > into the relief side of things. > > One thing that comes to my mind at this, is how does one make > multi-story grancrete or hexayurt structures? I saw the videos for > grancrete, and watching they bike/walk across the boards showed that > they were not all that good for unsupported flooring (too much bow). > For the Farm-e style of hexayurt, you could probably put 4 together[1] > and run similar flooring as to the walls over the top of vertical > designed 8' walls, and put a second story on top of that, although, I > don't know where you would put the stairway/access (might have to get > really creative) but cities have limited land, and growing up is often a > better choice than sprawling. > > > Percival > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with gadgets on Windows Live Spaces http://discoverspaces.live.com?source=hmtag1&loc=us --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
