Hexayurt

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A hexayurt is a simplified disaster relief shelter design.{{Cite magazine|last=Davidson|first=Renée|title=$100 DIY Shelter Could Help Homeless Haitians|language=en-US|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2010/02/hexayurt/|access-date=2021-10-17|issn=1059-1028}} It is based on a hexagonal geodesic geometry adapted to construction from standard 4x8 foot sheets of factory made construction material, built as a yurt.{{Cite magazine|last=Davidson|first=Renée|title=Playa Posh: Luxury Living at Burning Man|language=en-US|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2008/08/playa-posh-luxury-living-at-burning-man/|access-date=2021-10-17|issn=1059-1028}} It was invented by Vinay Gupta.{{Cite web|last=Evans|first=Woody|date=2011-10-24|title=Tools To Not Die With: An Interview with Vinay Gupta, creator of the Hexayurt|url=https://boingboing.net/2011/10/24/tools-to-not-die-with-an-interview-with-vinay-gupta.html|access-date=2021-10-17|website=Boing Boing|language=en-US}} Hexayurts are common at Burning Man.{{cite book |last=White |first=Carolyn L. |year=2020 |title=The Archaeology of Burning Man: The Rise and Fall of Black Rock City |publisher=University of New Mexico Press |page=113 |isbn=9780826361349}}

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