A hexayurt is a simplified disaster relief shelter design. It is based on a

hexagonal In geometry, a hexagon (from Greek , , meaning "six", and , , meaning "corner, angle") is a six-sided polygon. The total of the internal angles of any simple (non-self-intersecting) hexagon is 720°. Regular hexagon A ''regular hexagon'' has ...

geodesic geometry adapted to construction from standard 4x8 foot sheets of factory made construction material, built as a

yurt A yurt (from the Turkic languages) or ger ( Mongolian) is a portable, round tent covered and insulated with skins or felt and traditionally used as a dwelling by several distinct nomadic groups in the steppes and mountains of Central Asia ...

. It was invented by Vinay Gupta. Hexayurts are common at Burning Man.

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