Cob: and speaking of building in trees...

[David Atmoweg]

Cat;

Yeah, the yurt/tipi thing has been suggested, and is under consideration; possibly on a 
platform that hangs.  The fact that this is a simple, seasonal tent-plus kind of building 
suggests that maybe temporary is the way to go.
On the other hand, there're questions of practicality.  Our main dwelling is a circa 1806 
cabin, and we have very little storage space.  Further, our weather is pretty severe, and 
(like everyone else's, thanks to one hundred years of industrial civilization) erratic, and 
wouldn't want this thing to be like the hammock, and the tomato plants, where we wait 
and wait for the weather to let us put it up, and then it gets snowed into.  Last year we had 
6 inches of snow on May 20th, this year our last mild frost was in April, but we're getting 
sun only one in ten days.  When to put up the yurt?

And we have to wait for the Big Project before we talk about Frank Lloyd Wright.

-d.

http://www.flamingbunny.org


----- Original Message -----
From: "Yun Que" 

<P>Cat here, In my search for the perfect solution for my housing needs I found Yurts.  
Sort of cris-crossed wood lath set on top of a deck with canvass and Tee-pees.  They 
were expensive, don't live all that long , must be taken down each season and of course 
are fire treated with chemicals that I didn't want in my life either.  Depending on the lay of 
your land and if you have some hill to build on you may be able to get the tree house feel 
by building up say 8 to 10 feet above the ground.  But the stairs you say?  Not if your hill 
allows you access the space from the upper level.  Lots of this in CA.  Lower level can be 
storage ect.  your windows open into the branches.  Covered walk ways can connect to 
main house depending on how far away it is.  Check out Falling Waters by Frank LLoyd, I 
have been there and it is not architecture it is environmental sculpture.  The covered 
walkways become outdoor living and slee
 ping spaces with thoughtful development   Any deck will have to be safe for wee visitors 
who don't know they can't fly yet.
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