Hello Everyone,
I'm working on a project that is designing a set of shelters along a 530 km hiking trail in Latvia. This is an Architecture competition with the winning designs being built. I was hoping to get some insight on shelter building to help inform my designs.
I thru-hiked in 2014 and am very familiar with the different designs of the AT shelters, but I suppose I didn't pay to much attention to things like foundation types or things that might specific to each type of terrain. Other questions would be, how do you typically get materials to the building site... are the precut or all cut on site, is there a typical rule of thumb when selecting the building location and orientation?
Any info is greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
~Da Vinci