Any pix of the Resonate model, Spiral? I'm always up for news from Chicago :-)
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Spiral Syzygy <[email protected]> wrote: > I learned by building one with Vinay at Burning Man in 2006. I built > my own for Burning Man 2008 and beyond. If you were at Resonate 5.0 in > Chicago a week ago you may have seen it there. > > Cheers! > > Spiral > > On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 10:06 AM, The Distinguished ... > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 12:38 +0100, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter >> Project) wrote: >>> Well, for me, I learned to build them by doing it. What's interesting >>> is that the plywood hexayurt was first built by Marcin Jakubowski >>> >>> http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=340 >> >> Indeed, that's what inspired my efforts as well. >> >>> There were pictures, there was video. I looked at what they did with >>> the flashing and though "that looks hard, I'm not sure how to do that" >>> and then when the time came to build my first plywood hexayurt, I took >>> a different approach using wooden blocks. >> >> Video? I'll have to track it down. *grin* >> >> The flashing I used was on the outside, and wasn't structural, as much >> as weather-sealing. I used the tar-backed flashing that is about as >> thick as the "outdoor rated" panels (the mythical Thermax-HD) that I >> actually ironed in place (to make sure they stuck properly, teflon >> ironing sheets are your friend, but a brown paper bag will do in a >> pinch ...) to seal the edges. >> >>> So I'm actually learning little bits from people building hexayurts. >>> There's a folder that I saw for sale on Craigslist which was an 8' >>> unit which was fully concertinaed - went down into a 12' long stack, >>> 4' wide, and you just pulled one side into a full folding hexayurt. >> >> A most cool design! >> >>> Really a great piece of work. I'm not doing a very good job of >>> collecting and documenting those bits of data on the site right now, >>> it's something I should put up a wiki page for. >> >> Very probably, the community does tend to produce things for us. >> >>> So that's how I'm learning from materials online. >> >> As are we all! >> >>> Thanks for taking a look at this with us, David. >>> >>> Vinay >> >> And I hope it continues to blossom and grow. >> >> Percy >> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:16 PM, David Jennings <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Hi all, >>> > >>> > I'm new to this group, but had a chat to Vinay last week about how to help >>> > more people learn to build hexayurts with as little need for >>> > support/intervention from him as possible. This came about after I >>> > mentioned >>> > to Vinay that I help people do online learning - especially the informal, >>> > non-institutional, self-directed kind of learning... >>> > >>> > Obviously a lot of people on this list have learnt to build hexayurts with >>> > little or no formal support. So what I'm interested in is: how did you do >>> > this? what worked well for you, and what didn't? >>> > >>> > How useful were the various videos and other instructions on the web? >>> > >>> > Were you able to learn from others with more experience? If so, how useful >>> > was that? >>> > >>> > If you knew then what you know now, how could you have learnt quicker or >>> > better? >>> > >>> > Any pointers or suggestions very welcome, and gratefully received - many >>> > thanks! And if you'd be willing to discuss at greater length off-list, >>> > please let me know. >>> > >>> > Cheers, David >>> > >>> > -- >>> > 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. >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Vinay Gupta >>> Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest >>> >>> http://guptaoption.com/map - social project connection map >>> >>> http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering >>> http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision >>> >>> http://bit.ly/flucode - please follow the Flu Code >>> if you are in a flu-effected area. It protects us all. >>> >>> Gizmo Project VOIP : (USA) 775-743-1851 >>> Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk/AIM: hexayurt >>> Twitter: @hexayurt http://twitter.com/hexayurt >>> UK Cell : +44 (0) 795 425 3533 / USA VOIP (+1) 775-743-1851 >>> >>> "If it doesn't fit, force it." >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > > -- > 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. > > -- Vinay Gupta Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest http://guptaoption.com/map - social project connection map http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision http://bit.ly/flucode - please follow the Flu Code if you are in a flu-effected area. It protects us all. Gizmo Project VOIP : (USA) 775-743-1851 Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk/AIM: hexayurt Twitter: @hexayurt http://twitter.com/hexayurt UK Cell : +44 (0) 795 425 3533 / USA VOIP (+1) 775-743-1851 "If it doesn't fit, force it." -- 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.
