By:
Alicia Luthy
Hello all! Here we are
with only 55 days and 20 hours left until graduation in May but who is
counting? This week was spring break and I spent some of break doing some
hiking and homework. On Tuesday I took a trip to Garden of the Gods and watched
the sunset. Then on Wednesday I took a trip to my site for my thesis in
Naperville. Visiting the site was very helpful and will allow me to make better
design choices. While up north, I and a few other classmates took a trip to
Starved Rock. It was very beautiful with multiple waterfalls and definitely a
site to see. As the semester is now on the last half, I have started working on
my structure project for Professor Davey. For this construction I chose to do a
Yurt.
A Yurt is a round
portable structure that originated in Central Asia. They have been a
distinctive structure for nearly three thousand years. These tent structures are round and popular
for their portability. The yurt’s frame is known as a “living” structure. Since the structure is round and has no flat
surfaces wind does not push the structure, it instead just passes around it and
over it. Yurt structures are believed to handle up to 95mph winds. A Yurt structure is made up of wood or bamboo
lattice, a door frame, rafters, and a wheel. The roof structure is typically
self-supporting. Modern Yurts are still being built today. These structures are
typically inexpensive, but the more permanent structures can become a little
more costly. I plan to construct a Yurt for the class. Below there is a picture
of the construction process and a finished Yurt house.
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