Tent City/Logistics/Structures and Building

This page is for links to building solid, temporary structures cheaply and quickly.

Yurt's were traditionally used by the Mongolian tribesmen as mobile, semi-permanent shelters. Yurts were purpose built to protect from wind, rain, and cold weather, they were also designed to safely contain a heat source without risking damage due to fire or carbon monoxide build up. Yurts can be assembled and disassembled in less than an hour, the only trick to building a yurt is to fabricate and milling out the pieces needed for the construction, these can be done within a weekend when using power tools, a week by hand using hand tools and a dedicated team of crafters.

http://www.simplydifferently.org/DL/yurt_construction_document.pdf <--- very detailed [] <--- yurt plans part 1 [] <--- yurt plans part 2

This bullet list is a brainstorm of thoughts on construction. All should add ideas here as they think of them: --- Based on: Structures and Building at wikispaces
 * Burning Man (and other festivals I haven't been to) feature temporary construction of very high quality. Here's a link to info about techniques there []
 * There are probably a lot of burners in boston with geodesic struts already cut. Geo domes are awesome.
 * Two-wheel carts that can be hauled by human power and weigh about 100 pounds will be great. Here is an idea about how they can be made:[] [] [] They have the advantage of being quickly portable as well as really hard to stuff into a garbage truck. I am interested in developing this and working with people on it. - Sage