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Hut
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A hut is a temporary shelter built with materials found nearby.
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[edit] Description
It is generally built manually in natural environment with local materials : branches, leaves, logs, brush, etc. ... Less commonly, it can also be made of materials like metal (iron), cloth or plastic (sheeting), and be located in an unnatural area such as a backyard or on the water (stilts).
[edit] Uses
The hut can be used as a place to live or just as a storing place. It can also be a shelter and a camouflage for hunting, fishing or simple observation of wildlife. Besides, building a small hut, at home or in a forest is a playful and cooperative activity for children.
[edit] How to build a hut
The hut is essential where self-construction is needed, in areas where vehicles cannot access. But beyond self-construction, the hut is an eco-construction which can be a lifestyle ecological, primitivist (denigration of industrial technologies), or simply unconventional choice (natural materials). As a matter of fact, if you stop in a quiet piece of nature, you have only one alternative to the tent: building a hut. You have 2 options:
- Arriving in the spring to prepare the land and the animals
- Arriving in the fall to prepare the foundations and materials (wood and stone)
In both cases, a tent or a hut is essential. Only problem : it's difficult to actually live in a tent, even more to store equipment... . It's useful to construct temporary huts. In summer, you need to fight rain and insects, in winter, cold and wind.
