Brilliant Yurt Design! - Mixing Tradition with Super Modern Construction

In this video, we're meeting Pat from Yurta to get a behind the scenes look at how they make traditional yurts with natural materials while incorporating some very modern design ideas.

These yurts can be set up in just a couple of hours and are built with 3 layers:
- A collapsible wooden frame with a tension cable to determine the height of the structure,
- A wool felt insulation layer that is needled with with a reflective layer to provide breathable insulation,
- An acrylic-coated polyester/cotton outer shell to provide a breathable yet weather resistant cover.

The modern touches that are found in Yurta's yurts, but not in traditional Mongolian yurts, are large windows and a clear dome. The dome can be opened to allow heat to escape and it provides a beautiful natural light even on cloudy days.

Mat and I had fun helping Pat deploy a yurt frame and learning how simple and portable a yurt really is. We also like the fact that it's considered a tent in many places so it's an affordable 4-season tiny house alternative that often doesn't require a building permit. On top that, we're huge fans of building homes with natural, sustainable, renewable materials that have few chemicals in them.

Many people like yurts for their simple design, for their portability, and for the wonderful feeling they get living in a round walled dwelling.

To learn more about Yurta yurts, you can check out their website here:

Thanks for watching!

Mat & Danielle

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[anuuk]

As a mongolian, This yurt is very mongolian like only it's more modern. He done amazingly creative yurt and I really love this.

[kittyfantastic]

So I am looking at putting up a Yurt in a tropical environment. What changes in the linings can I make to better handle humidity, heat, and bugs?

[Dunning.Kruger]

So many struggling homeless people. And these two have a big yard, House... Yurts.

Greed...

[sikhulilenyathi]

I was inspired by your video, and I am going to make such designs for my African continent.I will however use grass thatch for the roof.

[johncnorris]

Fantastic! This video has the highest yurt rate per minute of any other I've watched.

Did I mention I love the word yurt?

[uygarbocutoglu]

"Yurt" is a Turkish word that is still being used for dormitories. Also
we call our country as our "yurt". These traditional turkish tents are
still being used on higher altitudes here in our country. In summer we
climb to higher altitudes for fresh and cool air and also to feed our
animals. Soo we still do use exactly same tents here. People living
their whole life in these tents are called "Yörük" people. The word
comes from "yürümek" verb. Which means "to walk" in Turkish. These
people (my ancestors used to as well) stay in these tents whole their
lifes travelling to lands of grass for their animals and trading. You
can easily come accross with such huge families if you are travelling
around Toros Mountains region. One important thing is that we prefer
goat wool rather than sheep. That is because goat wool is better for
climate controlling. It keeps warmer in winter and cooler in summer and
much more retardant to fire and water. That is surely a fact.
Unfortunately it is not easy to find such spinned and woven goat wool
these days. Like my grandma used to do and i loved to watch. Fabricated
stuff do not work as well as experienced. You must go up the mountains
or wait for them come down once in a summer. Any one who is willing to
reach the sources for real can reach me here. Best regards. | "Yurtta
sulh cihanda sulh" "Peace at home peace in the world" Mustafa Kemal Atatürk |

[WesternIronwoks]

Those Yurts are about 3 times more expensive then they should be. dont buy from this dude, find someone thats sells them for a reasonable price.

[HiMATE]

I think they look amazing and would love some to fit onto a living area making a house but I don't know if my belongings or person would be secure enough

[tittiger]

What are those jacks holding up the deck? I would like to take a closer look at them. TIA

[nikaroy]

Hello Guys! The typical question is : how is it doing in winter? I'm in Quebec, and it can get down to -45C sometimes, and I was wondering if it could work well with a little rocket wood stove? Thank you for the great video! :)

[jimmartin]

A stretch outer cover treated with ever dry that has door and window openings. That stretch over a aluminum skeleton with the stretch cover securing to the window and door frames with the windows and doors slipping in from the outside and swivel latched on the inside to the aluminum frame for a weather right fit. Then a insulated inner cover that is attached to aluminum skeleton with push pin fasteners. Design the whole thing in two sections like a circle cut in have to make it easy to move around. Then design the top to push open into a dome sliding shingles and the bottom to be the base. A lite weight portable yurt that you could even add a loft or second floor depending on the size you make. Be really cool to have one of them bests a a tent any day.

[ItsRyanStudios]

It's really unfortunate that these are illegal to live in in most areas of the US...

[willm]

Love it - I live in Ontario - although there is not much insulation, it’s also small and simple so it would be inexpensive to heat - I think it would be perfect to have 1 good sized yurta as the main living area heated by wood pellet stove - then 2 small yurts, one on each side, with small electric heaters - 1 small yurt for bedroom and the other for bathroom

[BonoboD]

Very beautiful and functional design. Pat's enthusiasm for his work and his skill with refining the traditional design for North America is wonderful.

[vanessaemilie]

As german scouts we use yurts too. But ours are a very different design. We use to make fire in the middle and it's designed to be put up and down very quickly and for only a couple of weeks in maximum. There is also a german youtube channel called Jurtenland which mostly talks about black yurts in particular.

[mitchellmaytorena]

This is an awesome channel! You guys deserve way more subscribers. I'm going to have to shout your channel out to friends and family on social media.

[daywalker]

If you didnt use animal wool I would deffently buy one. Do you do any vegan friendly ones?

[maryshaffer]

These seem to be cheaper than many tiny homes and moveable.

[chaliebest]

...homeless...under duress for no apparent reason...there's a yurt possible, some ...owns all the earth 😦

[aljr]

I wouldn't have the windows in mine because the roof dome would let in all the light I would need.