Why did the Mongolians
build a circular home?
The Great Steppe stretches across Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine, China, Kazakhstan and a few other -stans — 6.5 million sqkm. of plain grasslands with no trees or other features to break the wind. Any structure here, on these open steppes, had to resist the wind. And that is why the Mongolians came up with the round yurt.
That besides, the Mongols were nomadic herdsmen. They needed a home they could build and dismantle quickly, built with locally available material (wood frames and animal skin).
The yurt has great cultural significance in Mongolia — it symbolises their connection to nature, community, and their ancestral heritage. They call it ‘ger’ and outside Ulaanbaatar, you will still find a ger city with thousands of yurts.
Originally
Genghis Khan’s.
Now AirBnB’s.
Genghis Khan conquered half the world (with all its fancy palaces), yet continued to live in his yurt. The Khan had a fancy yurt called a khibitkha, permanently mounted on a cart. He even marched to war in his khibitkha, hauled by a team of over 20 oxen.
It was not just war that excited Genghis Khan. When you learn that 1 in every 200 men alive today is a direct descendant of Genghis, you realise how comfortable and inspiring yurts are.
This comfort makes yurts the world’s favourite glamping solution. So popular now, that yurts are a category on AirBnB.
The history of yurts.
And the physics of it.
The Great Steppe stretches across Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine, China, Kazakhstan and other -stans — 6.5 million sqkm. of plain grasslands with no trees or other features to break the wind. Any structure here, had to be streamlined. And that is why the Mongolians came up with the round yurt.
That besides, the Mongols were nomadic herdsmen. They needed a home they could build and dismantle quickly, built with locally available material (wood frames and animal skin).
The yurt has great cultural significance in Mongolia — it symbolises their connection to nature, community, and their ancestral heritage. They call it ‘ger’ and outside Ulaanbaatar, you will still find a ger city with thousands of yurts.
Originally
Genghis Khan’s.
Now AirBnB’s.
Genghis Khan conquered half the world (with all its fancy palaces), yet continued to live in his yurt. The Khan had a fancy yurt called a khibitkha, permanently mounted on a cart. He even marched to war in his khibitkha, hauled by a team of over 20 oxen.
It was not just war that excited Genghis Khan. When you learn that 1 in every 200 men alive today is a direct descendant of Genghis, you realise how comfortable and inspiring yurts are.
This comfort makes yurts the world’s favourite glamping solution. So popular now, that yurts are a category on AirBnB.
We borrowed
a good idea.
And added
more goodies.
96
Precision parts
13
Finishing materials
33
Handcrafted processes
We borrowed
a good idea.
And added
more goodies.
The Out Factory yurts borrow the original principle of the Mongolian yurts. But to that, we added glamour and luxury.
And of course, we have worked really hard to make our yurts safer and weather-proof. (Had we done this in Genghis’s time, the number of his descendants would have been higher.)
96 precision parts
13 finishing materials
33 handcrafted process
When you order a yurt, we give you measurements, templates and the process to build the platform. The platform has to be the precise size of the yurt. Platforms can be on-ground or elevated.
The choice of flooring is the customer’s. Options include tiles, wooden flooring, polished concrete.
The yurt’s wall is a lattice pulled into a perfect circle. The rods(khana rods) are made of structural grade wood from Canadian Wood. The hardware is galvanized steel. The lattice, made of many individual rods held together at intersections by galvanized steel sleeves and bolts, makes for a stable tough structure.
The tension cable runs around the top of the wall and retains the wall at the right circumference. It holds the structure in, while the roof pushes it out. The tension band’s force pushes the rafters securely into the roof ring. For the tension band, we use a galvanised aircraft cable with a PVC sleeve.
Both the wall and roof have 3 layers covering it. The exterior layer is weather-proof, dimensionally stable, architectural fabric manufactured by Serge Ferrari of France. The inner layer is PVC-coated, fire-retardant polyester fabric. In between the two, is the insulation layer, 8mm reflective Thermal Wrap. The outer fabric we use has 40 colour options and hence your yurt can have 1600 colour combinations.
The roof is made of rafters from Canadian Wood. The weight of the roof pushes against the tension cable and the wall, holding the structure in place.
On top is the most important part of the yurt, the wooden tono ring. It acts as a keystone, holding the rafters up. Our tono rings are again manufactured from Canadian Wood. Resting atop that is an openable dome which works as a manual thermostat.(On order, we also offer remote-controlled domes.)
A Mongolian idea.
Canadian wood.
French fabric.
Indian ingenuity.
Truly global chill.
Want to know more about
The Out Factory Yurts?
Factory: #1, 2nd Main, A Cross, Brindavan Garden,
Dasarahalli Main Road, Behind Buddhi School,
Rachenahalli, Thanisandra, Bengaluru,
Karnataka – 560024.
The yurt is not just unique, but also makes great sense. Stronger and more luxurious than a tent.
Quicker to build and more economical than a wooden house. Stays cooler than a concrete structure.
And of course, you can always move it if you want to.
Factory: #1, 2nd Main, A Cross, Brindavan Garden,
Dasarahalli Main Road, Behind Buddhi School,
Rachenahalli, Thanisandra, Bengaluru,
Karnataka – 560024.
