June 08, 2002

Yurt Test 3

Once we had decided on using foam panels for the rigid wall material and insulation material, I mocked up a version of the accordion walls using this.
On June 1st, I built a mockup of one section of the accordion wall using the foam panels and a sample of the waterproof nylon fabric we were going to use for the outer skin. The following week I modified and rebuilt the same according wall, with much tighter results.
Posted by todd at 12:15 PM

April 26, 2002

Yurt Test 1

The initial question we had was whether the accordion-style walls we'd designed would actually stand up. So I built a simple mockup out of cardboard, twine, and paint buckets, and strapped it to our backyard deck. You can see the results below...
Posted by todd at 11:51 AM