Oh, this is absolutely gorgeous!

Great work, Dan, that looks like an absolute ton of fun. Are you planning
on building it at Burning Man this year?

Vinay

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 7:03 AM, DanBrown <[email protected]> wrote:

> Is this design pushing yurt technology too far? I made two functional
> models. The thickness is not to scale in these models (#1 very thick to
> study folding technique, thinner but still thicker than scale in model #2),
> and if folds nicely into two flat pieces. It will have plastic bottle
> lighting in the tower (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixGbSnDLSDo). When
> collapsed into its two parts, it will be 26" thick and should sandwich
> nicely between two 4'x8' plywood sheets.
>
> So, am I doing anything wrong? Will this work or is it too far out?
>
> http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4834/37786110150567837462646.jpg
>
> http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/5266/37954410150570860952646.jpg
>
> http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/3461/30229510150570881647646.jpg
>
> http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/5783/38333310150570905892646.jpg
>
> http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6862/38577210150571226562646.jpg
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