The Dunmer Ashlander yurts resemble mongolian yurts, but on closer inspection show that the way they are constructed do not match any way of actual yurt-building – its construction obiously being influenced by the way Native American tipis or similiar simple wood huts/tents are built.

However, as the Ashlander yurts never existed in the physical world, and were never meant to exist in it, the 3D-artists designing them for the game did not have to worry about statics, materials or any other problems related to actual building, but simply design it in such a way to make it aesthetically, spatially and atmosphericaly satisfying.

To directly translate such a virtual building to the physical world is impossible – if one wishes to build an Ashlander yurt, one can only make a 1:1 model which attempts to resemble the original in its spatial, visual and constructive characteristics – to be a faithful simulation of a simulacrum.

Even though such a model remains only a simulation, one can enter it and experience it with his/her own physical body, unlike the original in-game building, which one can only enter and experience with a virtual body.