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Welcome to the home of the Hexayurt Project.
What is it?
- The Hexayurt is a refugee shelter system based on work done at the Rocky Mountain Institute. It uses an approach based on "autonomous building" to provide not just a shelter, but a comprehensive family support unit which includes drinking water purification, composting toilets, fuel-efficient stoves and solar electric lighting. Other systems can be added in a modular fashion. Here is a one page summary (pdf).
Is this for real?
- Yes. Both the American Red Cross and the US Department of Defense have examined the Hexayurt system in detail and found that it has considerable merit and utility. I hope that we will see it in use by international agencies within two years.
- The best place to get started is to read the slides from the presentation Vinay Gupta gave at the Pentagon in December 2006: Pentagon Presentation (pdf) - 20 pages, not much text, and the best summary of the system we currently have online.
Projected Costs
- Shelter: $200 - $500+ per single family unit depending on size, climate and use duration
- Infrastructure Package: around $100 per unit
Materials
- Permanent use: Thermax HD (Dow)
- Temporary use: laminated hexacomb cardboard (Pregis)
- On site fabrication: Tuff R (Dow, widely used)
Units
There are three shelter sizes, of which the middle size is shown.
- Stretch Around $100 per unit, 6' high, 72 sq ft
- 8 foot Around $200 per unit, 8' high, 166 sq ft.
- 12 foot Around $300 per unit, 12' high, 166 sq ft. Resembles a space age cabin, full standing height throughout.
Assembly
Units take a team of three people around an hour to assemble. They are assembled using a 6" wide, 600+lb bidirectional filament tape, and anchored to the ground like tents. No heavy lifting, ladders or scaffolding are required.
Manufacture
Any wood shop or packaging factory can be taught to manufacture units in an afternoon. In emergencies, basic units can be manufactured on site with hand tools in half an hour each (only six cuts are required for each unit.)
Infrastructure Package
- 1 Wood Gasification Stove (burns wood for cooking, 3x more efficient than clay stoves)
- 2 Cold Cathode / LED Flashlights (energy efficient area lighting)
- 1 Composting Toilet (model depends on location and we are still researching options)
- 1 Water Purifier (type depends on location)
- Rechargeable AA batteries (for stove, lights, radios etc), for use in solar charging stations.
Availability
All intellectual property associated with this project is public domain.
The ball is a satellite dish from http://www.gatr.com/
Pages in category "Hexayurt project"
The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total.
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- Hexayurt project
- Hexayurt project/10' Hexayurt
- Hexayurt project/10' Hexayurt/fr
- Hexayurt project/5.5 Yurt
- Hexayurt project/5.5 Yurt/fi
- Hexayurt project/6ft Yurt
- Hexayurt project/6ft Yurt/es
- Hexayurt project/6ft Yurt/fa
- Hexayurt project/6ft Yurt/fi
- Hexayurt project/6ft Yurt/fr
- Hexayurt project/6ft Yurt/ja
- Hexayurt project/6ft Yurt/ru
- Hexayurt project/6ft Yurt/tr
- Hexayurt project/Assembly
- Hexayurt project/Assembly/pt
- Hexayurt project/Assembly/tr
- Hexayurt project/Basic education
- Hexayurt project/BFD mod
- Hexayurt project/Bi-directional filament tape
- Hexayurt project/big
- Hexayurt project/big/tr
- Hexayurt project/Blue sky idea mill
- Hexayurt project/Builders' discussion page
- Hexayurt project/Camp danger Hexayurt hinge technique
- Hexayurt project/Camp danger Hexayurt hinge technique/es
- Hexayurt project/Camp danger Hexayurt hinge technique/fa
- Hexayurt project/Classic H12
- Hexayurt project/Construction resources
- Hexayurt project/Construction resources/ja
- Hexayurt project/Contact
- Hexayurt project/Cooling
- Hexayurt project/Cooling/fi
- Hexayurt project/De La Wolfie
- Hexayurt project/Design Principles
- Hexayurt project/Domes
- Hexayurt project/Events
- Hexayurt project/Frame
- Hexayurt project/Funding
- Hexayurt project/Gallery
- Hexayurt project/Gallery/pl
- Hexayurt project/Gas
- Hexayurt project/Gas/fi
- Hexayurt project/H12 modified designs
- Hexayurt project/Hexapavilion
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt H13
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt H13 Plywood
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt H13/fi
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt H17 plus
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt H17 plus/fi
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt H2
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt H2/de
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt H2/es
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt H2/fi
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt H2/ru
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt H4
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt H4/ru
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt H8
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt H8/ru
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt playa
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt playa checklist
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt playa checklist/es
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt playa checklist/ja
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt playa/fi
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt playa/ru
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt plywood
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt plywood/ru
- Hexayurt project/Hexayurt Wiki Maintenance
- Hexayurt project/Informatics strategy
- Hexayurt project/Infrastructure
- Hexayurt project/ja
- Hexayurt project/Mass evacuation
- Hexayurt project/Mass evacuation/it
- Hexayurt project/Materials
- Hexayurt project/Materials/bs
- Hexayurt project/Materials/fr
- Hexayurt project/Military
- Hexayurt project/Military/fi
- Hexayurt project/Military/ja
- Hexayurt project/Military/tr
- Hexayurt project/Octayurt
- Hexayurt project/Octayurt/fi
- Hexayurt project/Permanent Hexayurt construction
- Hexayurt project/Permanent Hexayurt construction/fi
- Hexayurt project/pl
- Hexayurt project/Press
- Hexayurt project/Pup Hexayurt
- Hexayurt project/Pup Hexayurt/fi
- Hexayurt project/Pup Hexayurt/ru
- Hexayurt project/Rapid deployment
- Hexayurt project/Research agenda
- Hexayurt project/Safety information
- Hexayurt project/Safety information/ja
- Hexayurt project/Semifolding Pentayurt
- Hexayurt project/Sewage
- Hexayurt project/Sewage/zh
- Hexayurt project/SleepBreeze personal cooler
- Hexayurt project/SleepBreeze personal cooler/fi
- Hexayurt project/Solar
- Hexayurt project/Spectrum of infrastructure
- Hexayurt project/Thermal analysis
- Hexayurt project/To do
- Hexayurt project/Water
Media in category "Hexayurt project"
The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total.
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Hexayurt instructions v11.pdf 1,275 × 1,650, 24 pages; 48.04 MB
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Rapid Deployment Concept-1.mp4 ; 3.49 MB