The Bucky-Gandhi Design Institution

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1. viridari wrote:

   Very cool. Any idea if the longer models will hold up under their own weight without any additional structure under the roof?

   Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 1:14 am | Permalink
2. Vinay Gupta wrote:

   They’ll be fine for weight – the panels weigh only a few pounds each. But wind or snow?

   I just don’t know. My guess is that in polyiso, if you get a strong wind on those, the building will flex, tending to tear the tape off the surface of the panel. But all this big hexayurt stuff is super-experimental

   The 8′ hexayurt is really the Perfect Hexayurt – all the others are just variations on that perfect platonic theme.

   Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 1:25 am | Permalink
3. Don Cochrane wrote:

   Hi, Vinay-
   - George and I worked on a scaled pentayurt a couple of times- only got the walls; still struggling to do the roof.
   - came in here to say sorry for delay and I see that someone did it and got you the 9′ 9″ measurement that you were looking for.
   - it was no waste of time for us. we like learning SketchUp. don.

   Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 7:28 pm | Permalink

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1. tribe.net: vinay.howtolivewiki.com on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 6:28 pm

   Re: Infrastructure and technology…

   For hurricanes, you take the hexayurts down again. Nothing that isn’t concret……

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