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Obligatory link to the American version http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_playa http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_playa

RangerScience 8y ago
Having put up a Mongolian yurt, a Bedouin tent, and many, many hexayurts, anecdotally... Both of the fabric yurts pack down to more convenient shapes (re: they can fit in more kinds of vehicles and spaces), particularly for the larger amount of enclosed volume. but they're much heavier. It would be a hard job to put them up solo both without tools (aka, ladders) but, I think, doable. They stay decently cool / warm inside, and are decently weather-sealed. They have many more parts and kinds of parts. Every part is completely reusable. I imagine that building one from scratch is a substantial endeavor. Has to be put away dry and is moderately involved to clean. Hexayurts are a PITA to transpo / store (8ft x 4+ft x N inches, can't be bent, etc), but weight nothing. You can expand the design to be pretty huge on the inside, but it gets increasingly harder to put up. They're easy-ish to modify (you can re-use parts to make one of a different size) and multiple ones can very easily be assembled into larger "complexes". They have amazing isolation from the elements (when put up correctly). You can put the small ones up with minimal help, but it's hard to put the large ones up without many hands. Overall, tho, they're less work to put up. But, they also consume some materials (the tape is consumed). However, you can put together "from scratch" pretty easily, can be stored basically anywhere, and you clean it with a hose. There's also some interesting aesthetic considerations - you can pain a hexayurt, but fabric is inherently nice; one flashlight can light up the entire interior of a yurt, etc. If I had to live in something forever I'd go with a Mongolian yurt, but if I had to outfit a refugee camp I'd definitely go with the hexayurts.
Sukotto 8y ago
Also this 2014 build report which also includes a shipping case that converts into a bike trailer (to get into position), and then a large table. https://steampunkworkshop.com/hexayurt-burning-man/ https://steampunkworkshop.com/hexayurt-burning-man/

RangerScience 8y ago

Having put up a Mongolian yurt, a Bedouin tent, and many, many hexayurts, anecdotally... Both of the fabric yurts pack down to more convenient shapes (re: they can fit in more kinds of vehicles and spaces), particularly for the larger amount of enclosed volume. but they're much heavier. It would be a hard job to put them up solo both without tools (aka, ladders) but, I think, doable. They stay decently cool / warm inside, and are decently weather-sealed. They have many more parts and kinds of parts. Every part is completely reusable. I imagine that building one from scratch is a substantial endeavor. Has to be put away dry and is moderately involved to clean. Hexayurts are a PITA to transpo / store (8ft x 4+ft x N inches, can't be bent, etc), but weight nothing. You can expand the design to be pretty huge on the inside, but it gets increasingly harder to put up. They're easy-ish to modify (you can re-use parts to make one of a different size) and multiple ones can very easily be assembled into larger "complexes". They have amazing isolation from the elements (when put up correctly). You can put the small ones up with minimal help, but it's hard to put the large ones up without many hands. Overall, tho, they're less work to put up. But, they also consume some materials (the tape is consumed). However, you can put together "from scratch" pretty easily, can be stored basically anywhere, and you clean it with a hose. There's also some interesting aesthetic considerations - you can pain a hexayurt, but fabric is inherently nice; one flashlight can light up the entire interior of a yurt, etc. If I had to live in something forever I'd go with a Mongolian yurt, but if I had to outfit a refugee camp I'd definitely go with the hexayurts.

Sukotto 8y ago

Also this 2014 build report which also includes a shipping case that converts into a bike trailer (to get into position), and then a large table. https://steampunkworkshop.com/hexayurt-burning-man/ https://steampunkworkshop.com/hexayurt-burning-man/