Well, it is a variant on what is developed here. I think having a different sub page or at least links, I'm sure thos folks are very creative, obviously, and there could be a lot of good engineering to improve the shelter, in general, from anyone!
I know that I may have not been a disaster shelter kind of guy before, but what, three or four years on here now? On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 9:47 PM, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) < [email protected]> wrote: > > These things: > > > https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=hexayurt+pyramid&hl=en&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=m_9SUZ-GE8HaOs-0gfAI&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1092&bih=545 > > I've always been, admittedly irrationally, anti-pyramid. > > Pros for bringing them into the fold: > > 1) 4 boards gives 64 square feet vs. 48 square feet for the H4, 6' > hexayurt and so on. > -- a lot of that space is very, very low (below 24") but that may be > useful for storing clutter. > -- at the center, you can stand up in it. > > 2) ridiculously easy to build and transport > > Cons > > A) square > B) square > C) square > > Any thoughts on this? Do we simply add it as another hexayurt variant > (full credit to the inventor of course) or are there reasons for keeping > the square over there? > > V> > > PS: http://hexayurt.com has been updated, some lovely new pictures from > Robin & Kevin, and other links added. Thanks for letting us use those > images Robin! > > -- > 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 > > > > -- > 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. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
