My one question though - is how the hell am i meant to find / recognise count these on the 2012 map!?
On Thursday, 12 July 2012 00:49:21 UTC+1, Vinay Gupta wrote: > > > 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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