Is there a web page with details? I don't think I came across anything about them when I was researching building my yurt for this year.
On 09/21, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) wrote: > We have to get people off RMAX etc. and on to Hunter XCI 286 / Thermax HD > and such like. > Have to. It's time. > -- > Vinay Gupta [email protected] 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 > On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 8:10 PM, Dan March <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey y'all ~ > > When I saw the headline for this post, I imagined yurts at some stage of > tear-down and loading getting blown astray - or worse, being abandoned > (so I'd be interested in how that quantified). > > Of course, reading it revealed a problem pretty hard to miss on the > roads away from BRC - just as darxus reports. Bringing the large > amounts of stuff - from art to experimental dwellings to costumes and > consumables are all part of what make the experience what it is - so we > deal with it better. > > It's legitimate to call out yurts specifically. There are more every > year (because they're such as cool dwelling solution), but that really > means we need to solve the transport problem. It's kind of unique to > yurts because it's possible and tempting to flap a stack of insulation > boards on your roof rack and drive. They're light. But as noted, > they're also fragile. > > Even though they're modular and collapsible, they do take up significant > space in garages, etc. > Conceptually simple solution: Store them more or less on the playa. As > I understand it, many organized camps have storage containers left on > adjacent non-BLM land which are transported to & from campsites for each > year's burn by BLC "facilities" guys (someone help me out with their > official name... and contact info, please). > > Real-world wrinkles: ..Attendance uncertainty, > maintenance/repair/remodel/replace and on-playa logistics. None of that > is easy, I got a little look at that by making almost 30 yurts, getting > them to people (mostly on-playa), dealing with supplier delays, weather > delays, entry delays, people not coming after all, unforeseen > "variation" in user/owner setup and breakdown etc. Then, "What's worth > saving?" - which means cleaning up dust, messed up tape, dings, etc. > I'm pretty sure a significant percentage of yurts come out of the garage > 5 years after their only burn and just land in the trash (carbon/general > environmental footprint???). > > So it's not a "simple" solution. But is there a better one? It's > certainly not a one solution fits all world either. Camps and other > groups carefully collect yurts and put them in the camp storage. But > not every camp does this for everyone all the time. > > Thoughts? > > Dan > On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 7:49 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://blog.burningman.com/2014/09/environment/moop-map-2014-roadside-poop-hexamoop/ > > 'The second, more surprising 2014 trend: hexayurts. Large numbers > of broken hexayurt panels wound up littering the highway, scattering > little bits of styrofoam through the sage. Solution: Strap your > hexayurt > panels more carefully, so they won’t bend and break when you hit > highway speeds. > > “Wrap your yurts! They fly away, and once it hits the sagebrush, > it’s over,” says Ninjalina, Highway Cleanup Assistant Manager. The > prickly branches catch bits of foam and wood as they blow past in the > wind, creating an extended trail of littered brush. > > “My truck alone picked up 64 contractor bags of trash, 30 tires, > 20 yurt panels and a bunch of miscellaneous stuff,” Ninjalina says.' > -- > 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. 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