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Tobias Power’s "Infinity Tree" -
Tobias Power’s "Infinity Tree" -
Jon Leung's "Bismuth Bivouac" -
Lorna Jackson's "Reflection" -
Lorna Jackson's "Reflection" -
Arne Quinze's "Belgian Waffle" -
Josh Haywood's "Hayam Sun Temple" -
Erich Remash, Jeremy Berglund, Don Peterson and Chad Ingle's "Starlight" -
Erich Remash, Jeremy Berglund, Don Peterson and Chad Ingle's "Starlight"
WORDS Malibongwe Tyilo IMAGES kickstarter.com, joshhaywood.com, photoree.com, fubiz.net, wewanttolearn.wordpress.com
The week-long Burning Man Festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert is coming up. We wanted to see what kinds of structures the expected 70 000 festival-goers can expect in August. We also take a look at architect-created awe-inspiring examples from previous years.
This year, three architecture students, namely Jon Leung, Lorna Jackson and Tobias Power, who are part of a collective called We Want to Learn at London’s University of Westminster, have each proposed a structure to be constructed on the festival site.
Lorna’s proposal is a faceted spiral plywood structure, based on her fascination with origami. Called “Reflection,” it is a sort of confessional space, with wooden screens designed to encourage confessions between strangers.
Tobias Power’s proposal is called the “Infinity Tree”. It is a pavilion made out of latticed timber with a series of platforms that festival-goers can easily climb.
The third structure by Jon Leung, the “Bismuth Bivouac,” is inspired by geometric growth patterns of bismuth crystals. The cube-like structure features square spirals on each side, through which festival-goers can climb in and explore the interior.
The group, which has previously built structures for Burning Man have received grants for two of the structures, but are currently trying to raise an additional £15 000 to build the last one, via Kickstarter.
