This yurt is a marvel compared to the droopy, often smelly, traditional contraptions I’ve always shunned. This model of The Yurta was set up at the Toronto Fall Home Show, where it was creating major buzz.
Its creators are an eclectic trio of Canadian entrepreneurs with architecture, fine art and engineering backgrounds, who mostly do edgy design work and cultural installations. They’ve been developing The Yurta for 8 years as a roomy, easy-to-put-up, multiple-use dwelling.
It has an operating skylight . . .
A 226-square-foot interior, 10 feet high at the center . . .
And a packed weight of about 500 lbs in an 8′x3′x2′ bundle.
It can be a backcountry base camp, a small cottage, or even a field hospital, for a group like Doctors Without Borders. It also has potential as a festival booth, as in this setting at the Milan Design Camping show in Italy.
So how do you assemble The Yurta? The developers say it goes up in as little as two hours, on a pre-built platform or straight onto grass.
The pre-assembled frame gets pushed up into place . . .
Then felt insulation, canvas and other materials are wrapped . . .
Wall and roof are connected with a heavy-gauge zipper.
Of all the reasons I liked the Yurta, it was the good smell that got to me the most.
The interior is 100% wool felt and the struts are natural wood. Even at the airless, indoor Home Show, you could imagine how your nose would appreciate the combination of fresh air and natural materials in an outdoor setting.
To learn more about the developers, go to their studio – The Bakery Group
To go direct to specifications – click here
All photos courtesy Yurta.ca
Hello! Thanks for visiting the Yurta and for taking time to put together such a great overview! Just thought I’d clarify one thing: the packed weight of a 7′ Yurta fully-insulated with 100% wool felt is closer to 500lbs. But all goes into a 4×8 trailer, or even a minivan.
Your blogs are great – really enjoyed reading through your posts! Keep it up.
Pat
pl@yurta.ca
Hi Pat – Thanks for your comments, and for visiting the blog. I have corrected the packed weight on this blog post, and thank you for pointing that out. Cheers.
I can’t believe I didn’t catch this sooner. The ceiling height in the tall Yurta is 11 feet. Please don’t bother correcting – just for the record.
Cheers.
No problem – there’s a link to your website’s specifications page in this blog post. Given that one model is 10′ and the other is 11′, I think it will be OK.
yes of course. I feel so silly for pointing that out now! tx.
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