There's info on making plywood hexayurts good for quakes - a design for Haiti that afaik hasn't been tested on the ground, so please take care with that. http://hexayurt.com/hexayurt_country/ + http://files.howtolivewiki.com/hexayurt_in_haiti_v1.1.pdf
There's also ferrocement, also in the unwritten global to-do list http://www.appropedia.org/Permanent_Hexayurt_Construction 2011/10/25 Spiral Syzygy <[email protected]> > Perhaps forgo the tape and bond foam to plywood. You could cut strips > of wood the same length as your seems and use sheet-rock screws to > hold it all together. > > This approach could allow you to use scrap material that could be > salvaged on-site and you wouldn't need to use expensive tape or new > foam sheets. Also, when homes are being suitably rebuilt, the > materials from the yurts might be suitable for re-use. > > Spiral > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:56 AM, dou <[email protected]> wrote: > > I could use some help from those of you experienced in disaster relief > > situations. A 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Eastern Turkey was devastating > to > > the area, killing many people and leaving many more out injured and > homeless > > in the cold. I am not experienced in relief efforts, but I started > thinking > > about building some yurts and setting them up in the area to help as many > > families as I can. Specifically, I was thinking of pentayurts because > there > > is a high possibility of snow at night. > > Can the people who have used hexayurt in cold disaster areas share some > > insights? I imagine the floor will be the main source of loss of heat, > and I > > don't think that just a tarp + pad + sleeping bag combination will be > > enough. What is the best and quickest way to build yurts that keep warm? > I > > was thinking of painting the outside black in order to keep as much of > the > > sunlight as I can, and not having any windows. Any other ideas, or > pointers > > to information out there? > > Also, what is the quickest way of getting some hexayurt tape to Istanbul > > (which is where I currently am)? I am hoping to build some yurts during > the > > week, and travel over on the weekend to put them up on the spot. Please > note > > that I am currently very much ignorant to how disaster relief efforts > work, > > and I'm not sure it is as organized in Van as it could be on other parts > of > > the world. I will contact the relief groups that are currently on the > site, > > but I first wanted to talk to you guys to see how feasible and sensible > this > > plan is. > > Thanks much, > > -dou > > > > -- > > 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. > > -- 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.
