Firstly, beautiful documentation and great design, Vladimir. Lovely work! Secondly, *70s*. Low 70s. All day.
The state of the art has improved. Well impressed. V> On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Vladimir Khodel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I got a bit carried away this year and ended up building this: > > http://www.appropedia.org/BFD_mod > > It solves a bunch of problems people kept mentioning: > > > 1. it adds a 5+' high door to a standard 7 panel stretch hexayurt > design, plenty comfortable for getting in and out even for a 6+' tall > person carrying a cooler > 2. it does not require any bdf tape (ideally that is, we had to use > some this year to save a bit of time) - it uses cordura hinges between > panels, and zippers and velcro to align things - can be set up solo in > under 60 minutes. We also used cushion foam and cordura on the bottom edges > of wall panels for dustproofing. Hopefully the contact cement will survive > the winter and prove this to be a multi-year design. A bit of nikwax > waterproofing could make it leak-proof, but we ended up using a monkeyhut > shade over the structure (hence we are not on the satellite photo, +1 to > the yearly count!) > 3. the external wooden door frame is used as an anchor point for > horizontal webbing with ratchets, so that the entire structure is > "pre-compressed" and just feels made out a single piece of foam :) - we had > absolutely no problems with wind during setup, takedown or the dust storms > and the inside walls felt strong enough to lean against. > 4. the tall walls allow placement of a high exhaust vent without a > substantial increase in internal volume, so Figjam's swamp cooler had > absolutely no trouble keeping inside at low 70s throughout the day > > > It took quite a bit of homework of course, but that seemed totally worth > it during Thursday night dust storm :) > > I want to thank you, guys, for the inspiration, and I hope some of these > ideas would help improve your next structure, > > Vladimir > > > > On Saturday, September 15, 2012 2:21:06 PM UTC-7, Adam Gensler wrote: >> >> i would love to see images of the door, if you have them. i plan to >> upgrade mine next year.... >> >> -a >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Timothy Balcer <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Saturday, September 15, 2012 2:16 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [hexayurt] Re: Burning Man 2012 :: Hexayurt Density Map >> :: 739! >> >> Hey! I was counted! :-) It provided us with great shelter this year >> and last, as well as for other events. This year I added a solid door >> on a spring hinge w magnets, which functioned perfectly. >> >> Thanks to all of you folks, we have had fantastic, cost effective and >> trouble free shelter for a few years running! I'm likely retiring my >> standard one this year and going to a more serious, tubular steel >> mongolian style yurt for future use, as I really want an actually >> round structure, but my Hexayurt has served very very well. I have >> nothing but praise for the design! >> >> On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Pete Baker <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Thanks for this! There were 2 hexayurts from our camp which aren't >> marked >> > on the photos as they were under shade structures, so the number goes >> to at >> > least 741. >> > >> > Maybe we need to have 'Do you live in a hexayurt' added to next years >> > census?! >> > >> > -P >> > >> > >> > On Saturday, 15 September 2012 04:46:58 UTC-7, thejaymo wrote: >> >> >> >> Hey everyone! >> >> >> >> Did a count of all the Hexayurts on the geoeye satellite photo again >> this >> >> year. you can take a look and read about it all here :: >> >> >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**thejaymo/7986877363/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/thejaymo/7986877363/> >> >> >> >> I just wanted to quote something i wrote re the 739 yurts - " EVERYONE >> >> that has ever built, designed, or contributed their time in anyway to >> the >> >> hexayurt project should feel tremendously proud." >> >> >> >> :D >> > >> > -- >> > 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/-/nV_05jc815wJ<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hexayurt/-/nV_05jc815wJ> >> . >> > >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > hexayurt+unsub...@**googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/**group/hexayurt?hl=en<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 hexayurt+unsub...@** >> googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/hexayurt?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en>. >> >> >> >> -- > 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/-/vVm39vxqgq0J. > 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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