"Clerestory" - good word, that! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerestory
On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Chita Jing <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
