Vinay, I'm not the picture taking type usually so I forget to document this stuff. I think some pics of it are floating around in the ether along with all the other great resonate photos. If I come across any I will forward links to the list.
Cheers! Spiral On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
