Both visually and functionally, this sure looks like a clerestory yurt to me! A "second story" which provides light and possible ventilation is at least as old as the oldest temples in Egypt. It's a wonderful idea, an ancient, proven idea. Humans feel better with sunlight.
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Alex Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, great to see interest in it :) > > I produced a card model that started out as a H13, but I simply wanted > more height at the front, so I took that up so that a full edge was full > height (rather than a single vertex). > > However, this wasn't strong enough so I took up another edge and this was > incredibly insecure, so I took up the third segment and this was both > secure and good-looking. Windows were added because it seemed that there > was a logical space for them. > > I had originally intended it to be a workshop like are, so that the > heightened area would be used for design and tinkering (with good overhead > natural lighting provided by the windows), while the lower area would be > for storage etc.. > > It could relatively easily translated for more practical use, so that the > front are is for standing for tasks such as cooking etc. while the lower > are would allow for sleeping. > > > On Sunday, August 3, 2014 10:21:57 PM UTC+1, LucasG wrote: > >> >> My first reaction was: how did you think of that? In hindsight all this >> will look logical, but how does such an insight happen? (I'm fond of >> lateral thinking and have translated some material. Honestly intrigued.) >> >> My second reaction was to populate the room with uses - half for parents, >> half for baby or whatever. >> >> 2014-08-03 22:02 GMT+01:00 Alex Williams <[email protected]>: >> >>> Prior to rendering it on the computer, I played around with a few H13 >>> varients using card; The structural strength of the design shown compared >>> to other variants (1/6 and 2/6 of the central hexayurt raised to 12') >>> seemed to be quite good. >>> >>> This is mainly due to the central join across the middle of the hexayurt >>> that supports the windowed sections, along with the angled roof, that >>> prevent it from slumping. >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, August 3, 2014 9:11:52 PM UTC+1, Vinay Gupta wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I don't know how practical it would be for Burning Man (it's going to >>>> need serious structure in the roof) but it's an absolutely new direction in >>>> hexayurt design, a seminal point in the evolution. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *Vinay Gupta * * [email protected] * *http://re.silience.com* >>>> <http://re.silience.com> >>>> *Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest* >>>> UK Cell : +44 (0)7500 895568 Twitter/Skype/Gtalk: hexayurt >>>> "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was >>>> in me an invincible summer" - Albert Camus >>>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
