Rebuilding in LA: is anybody in LA, in real estate?

[Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project)]

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1) is there a need for hexayurt-shaped emergency housing?

2) is anybody doing it?

3) I'm eager to build some of the "emergency urbanism" tooling that I want to use for hexayurt cities later, using the LA real estate markets as a dress rehearsal. Can you help?

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[phoenix rainbowpuddle.com]

Can they be “rainproofed” 

On Jan 28, 2025, at 1:00 PM, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) <hexa...@gmail.com> wrote:

https://medium.com/humanizing-the-singularity/getting-home-permit-to-permanence-the-new-normal-and-financing-the-rebuilding-of-la-with-bitcoin-8b9bd21300a3

1) is there a need for hexayurt-shaped emergency housing?

2) is anybody doing it?

3) I'm eager to build some of the "emergency urbanism" tooling that I want to use for hexayurt cities later, using the LA real estate markets as a dress rehearsal. Can you help?

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        in me an invincible summer" - Albert Camus

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[So So]

Hi Vinay - I noticed your Hexayurt site is down? I would like to continue Hexayurt as a C.I.C - Can I get your consent as one of the directors the C.I.C - it would mean a lot to me !

[lemondealc]

What does CIC Mean? Also, dont forget about geodesic domes! I give my design away for free on my YouTube channel.

https://youtube.com/@lemondealc?si=f296bZMH_wyfceLq

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[Percival du Chat Gris]

Greetings,

So, if folks are familiar with those “I-beam fences” or “H-beam” fences, I got someone to weld for me triangle-hearted ones that have their slots at 120 degrees. Running power up through those, and using sandwich pieces for the walls and ceilings, and tiling several rooms together, in various configurations, has given a lot of flexibility.  The beams are longer that 8 feet, so their ends can either be dug or pounded into the ground, for stability against weather, thus avoiding the need for ropes and stakes.

One of the most popular designs is a pod of three pairs of two adjoining rooms, with the central space a shared bathroom, the three “kitchen” spaces opening to the central bathroom, and the outside, giving the interior room as more private living and sleeping spaces.  Still everything flat-packs, so it can be drop-shipped.  I’m still not quite happy with the decking solution, haven’t yet figured that out, but that might allow for multiple stories, once that works to engineering satisfaction.

The original design of six separate spaces, each with an outside door, and a door to the shared bathroom was less popular, but housed more people initially.  Starting there, and then, to transition from the six family space to a three family space, every other “door” wall to the shared bathroom space was swapped with the shared side wall.  Same number of interior door-walls, and non-door walls used, as more were built, giving more space, per family housed.

The roof has a vent with a vent cap that can be pushed up.  It is a small metal circle, that all the roof triangle points meet at.  When a low section of the door opened, you get a convection current when it’s hot, the cap prevents the rain getting in, and when it’s cold, connecting the chimney pipe to the base of it, and a Franklin stove in the center, it heats the whole room.

Having greenhouse carbon-fiber panels as some of the roof panels instead of the clad insulation sandwich lets in a lot of light, without compromising the structural integrity, or privacy.  The non-greenhouse panels can have solar panels on them, bringing at least some electricity, hence the wiring down the center of the corner-beams.

Water collection, off of the gutters, can supplement grey-water usage.

And since these tile so well, there is minimal footprint for maximal return.  The sandwich panels give insulation to sound and temperature, giving more comfortable spaces than tents, and more privacy as well.  And since everything is standardized, using mass-fabrication methods, flat-pack shipping methods, and minimal tools on site allows for rapid deployment, with little to no waste.

Hope that helps.

Percy

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[lemondealc]

Are there any pictures that show this design? 

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[Percival du Chat Gris]

Greetings,

While I’m sure there are somewhere, I can’t seem to find any on my device.  I’ve sent a note to the group that helped put our models together to see if anyone is willing to share.

Percy

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[Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project)]

Sounds very cool I'd love to see those!

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