David Curtis gives an update on the Primitive Hut system from UNLV.
Category Archives: demountable
Scaling Delivery Diagram by David Curtis, Pi-Des
Primitive Hut
Energy storage (StEnSea) component concept sketch.
Field Report 2/25/2025
Vehicle Gate 1 performed well during a first wind storm, despite being only partially complete. The only system pause happened when the pivots disengaged from the upper channel due to not having the motors or motor mounts yet installed. dc, Pi-Des, the Bunker studio.
Video: Triage Field, David Curtis
(edited for clarity) 0:02 Yeah so Triage Field is a scalable, 0:07 translating, force field, I think 0:11 it’s gravity and EMF based, it’s not 0:16 at the moment, I don’t think it 0:20 will be 0:21 a 0:23 fusion powered device. I think it’s 0:27 going to be, it’s going to rely on 0:30Continue reading “Video: Triage Field, David Curtis”
Video: dc update on Primitive Hut system
Pi-Des Winter Studio
David Curtis will be leading a Winter studio based in the Mojave, the focus will be scaling demountables/deployables. It will review his approach during the last 6 years and apply that to current projects. The critical posture will be quality based, in art criticism, and design theory/practice. If you, or someone you know, would likeContinue reading “Pi-Des Winter Studio”
Primitive Hut is going to the moon.
Pi-Des initiates fabrication detailing today in the Portland, OR studio. dc
Primitive Hut redeployable
View from access ladder
De-mountable, deployable, water harvester.
Partially annotated view of Rhino Model by Pi-Des
Pi-Des 