Based on Buckminster Fuller’s ingenious yet difficult to build Geodesic Dome, the Hexayurt is a disaster relief structure that is easy to assemble from standard 4x8-foot sheets of construction material such as foam and plywood, for about 1,000 USD. Self-defined “Global Resilience Guru” Vinay Gupta invented the design in 2002. He then made it available online for anyone to download, build, modify, and improve upon. Though Gupta envisions the shelter as a solution for the homeless, so far its most widespread application has been at the annual Burning Man festival. p (ew)
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