I do love this project. Last year the Hot New Thing was 500 square foot giant domes from Edmund, now this year the Hot (cool?) New Thing is tiny H2 hexayurts that even Grandma could make they're so simple.
Well done, chaps, this is how the world is changed: one tweak-and-document at a time! Proud of y'all, Vinay On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 12:20 AM, Jared Warren <[email protected]> wrote: > Please do! I linked to it on ePlaya and someone named Canoe has suggested > some details on the design: > http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?f=277&t=56116 > > I'm hoping to build this on the July 21 weekend - I'll take photos for the > wiki. > > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Lucas González < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I can help with the wikipage over at appropedia. (Did >> http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_H13_Plywood so no problem.) >> But, working from Linux, I'm finding it difficult to see the .skp file >> Jared sent ... wait, I can see it here: >> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/hexayurt/CsrF1dpQTJM >> So, the question (for Jared) really is - mind if I upload that image and >> start http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_H2 with the text of your >> explanation? >> Thanks, >> Lucas >> >> 2012/7/11 Vinay Gupta <[email protected]> >> >>> >>> Hi, we should definitely call it the H2 and get it up on Appropedia >>> forthwith - I think quite a lot of people might take a crack at building >>> one of these for Burning Man - the people who *really* don't want to be in >>> a tent, but also find the H12 or the 6' Stretch a bit ambitious for a first >>> try. >>> >>> It's really a great design, and we should let people know! Thank you! >>> >>> Vinay >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 1:44:04 AM UTC+1, Jared wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm preparing for my first trip to Black Rock City. Burners who sleep >>>> in tents often talk about having a separate gear tent. That got me thinking >>>> that with current hexayurt + swamp cooler designs, you're using a lot of >>>> energy cooling empty space and gear. Although I'm sure it's nice to be able >>>> to offer cool hang-out space, I'm going to be hitching a ride with someone >>>> and I'd like to minimize the materials I'm bringing. >>>> >>>> I've developed a design for a shelter made out of two polyiso panels >>>> that has *just enough* space for sleeping and nothing more. A shelter >>>> made out of two 48x96 inch walls and a 48x96" floor of some other material >>>> produces an equilateral prism with cut ends that is 41" high - larger in >>>> every dimension than most single person tents. For example, the Big >>>> Agnes Seedhouse >>>> SL1<https://www.bigagnes.com/Products/Detail/Tent/SeedhouseSL12012>is one >>>> of the largest tents sold as 1-person: it has a 43x90" floor and a >>>> peak height (at a single point) of 38". It's larger than the 39×80" >>>> mattress that I often slept on with my girlfriend in university residence. >>>> >>>> >>>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-aCM3qwWn4V4/T-pSSZBK-DI/AAAAAAAAA5w/QCfRLMwOuDE/s1600/Hexayurt+H2.png> >>>> >>>> Obviously polyiso is a bad material for the floor, so my next step is >>>> to look into semi-rigid plastic sheets. A tarp with wood boards at each end >>>> is another option or even a sheet of plywood. My plan is to make it >>>> semi-folding, and install a small swamp cooler at one end and a furnace >>>> filter in the other. >>>> >>>> Do you see any issues with this design? >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> Jared >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "hexayurt" group. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hexayurt/-/cdmwTN7zvCUJ. >>> >>> 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. > -- Vinay Gupta Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest http://bit.ly/gupta_arc <http://bit.ly/gupta_arc%20>- the Gupta State Failure Management Archive http://bit.ly/gupta_ark - or see it directly on Archive.org http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" - Albert Camus Twitter/Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk/AIM: hexayurt UK Cell : +44 (0) 7500 895568 / USA VOIP (+1) 775-743-1851 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. 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