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I can see these popping up all over the show at Burning Man. Maybe the guru dude just knows his audience?

Scoundreller 3y ago
There are already better "hexayurt" designs for BM better-designed to block/reflect all sunlight, made with foilized foam boards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexayurt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexayurt
- pengaru 3y ago
  > There are already better "hexayurt" designs for BM better-designed to block/reflect all sunlight, made with foilized foam boards. Have you ever actually occupied a hexayurt throughout a full summer day at burning man? My limited experience was that the typical one as executed @BM is just a dark, sweaty, oven. Excellent insulation by itself is a trap. Once you insulate a space with polyiso, you need good ventilation and heat removal. It's not really a good match for something so ad-hoc.
  - Scoundreller 3y ago
    Negative, but they appear popular. My guess is that they buy you a few extra hours of coolness in the morning if you open/close openings at the right time. Obvs you don't want to be in a hermetically sealed box ever.
  - jdblair 3y ago
    A hexayurt with a standard window air conditioner powered by a generator is glorious. Ours was tall enough to stand in and also had designer wallpaper. A 12V-powered filtered ventilation system meant the AC didn't need to be turned on until close to noon.
    - marssaxman 3y ago
      How did you affix the wallpaper?
      - jdblair 3y ago
        Wallpaper paste.
        marssaxman 3y ago
        I am surprised that it sticks! We'll have to try that with ours; the manufacturer logos are not such a pleasant look.
  - marssaxman 3y ago
    You do need ventilation, but that's not hard; a small swamp cooler (plus a box fan) kept us as cool as we wanted to be: http://www.yurtcooler.com/ http://www.yurtcooler.com/
sacnoradhq 3y ago
These aren't ideal as they look fairly permanent. I don't see the labor or a time-lapse video of assembly or takedown.

There are already better "hexayurt" designs for BM better-designed to block/reflect all sunlight, made with foilized foam boards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexayurt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexayurt

pengaru 3y ago
> There are already better "hexayurt" designs for BM better-designed to block/reflect all sunlight, made with foilized foam boards. Have you ever actually occupied a hexayurt throughout a full summer day at burning man? My limited experience was that the typical one as executed @BM is just a dark, sweaty, oven. Excellent insulation by itself is a trap. Once you insulate a space with polyiso, you need good ventilation and heat removal. It's not really a good match for something so ad-hoc.
- Scoundreller 3y ago
  Negative, but they appear popular. My guess is that they buy you a few extra hours of coolness in the morning if you open/close openings at the right time. Obvs you don't want to be in a hermetically sealed box ever.
- jdblair 3y ago
  A hexayurt with a standard window air conditioner powered by a generator is glorious. Ours was tall enough to stand in and also had designer wallpaper. A 12V-powered filtered ventilation system meant the AC didn't need to be turned on until close to noon.
  - marssaxman 3y ago
    How did you affix the wallpaper?
    - jdblair 3y ago
      Wallpaper paste.
      - marssaxman 3y ago
        I am surprised that it sticks! We'll have to try that with ours; the manufacturer logos are not such a pleasant look.
- marssaxman 3y ago
  You do need ventilation, but that's not hard; a small swamp cooler (plus a box fan) kept us as cool as we wanted to be: http://www.yurtcooler.com/ http://www.yurtcooler.com/

sacnoradhq 3y ago

These aren't ideal as they look fairly permanent. I don't see the labor or a time-lapse video of assembly or takedown.