Around 70,000 people venture to Burning Man, the arts festival in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, every year. They stay for around a week exposed to the elements of the desert, so shelter is crucial. A friend's hexayurt inspired Advanced Shelter Systems Inc. (ASSI) founder Christian Weber, who's attended for over 20 years, to design a better hexayurt that overcomes issues of some old designs, like fragility and assembly difficulty. He not only came up with housing for the festival, but a sturdy shelter...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building http://inhabitat.com/first-designed-for-burning-man-foldable-shiftpods-now-shelter-refugees-around-the-world
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