{"id":5960,"date":"2016-09-12T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/the-art-and-architecture-of-burning-man-2016\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T08:21:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T12:21:23","slug":"the-art-and-architecture-of-burning-man-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/industry\/the-art-and-architecture-of-burning-man-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 5 Architectural Highlights From Burning Man 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Burning Man 2016<\/a> might have come to a close, but like a phoenix it will rise again next year, hotter and brighter than ever. Until then, we are left with the memories of this one-of-a-kind festival, which ties art, music and design together with the spirit of community.<\/p>\n

If you missed the festivities in Black Rock City, Nevada, this year, don\u2019t worry! Architizer has you covered. Here are the top five Burning Man installations for architects:<\/p>\n

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5. Black Rock Lighthouse Service<\/h2>\n

by Jonny and Max Poynton<\/i><\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t always take much to stand out. In Black Rock Lighthouse Service, <\/i>Jonny and Max Poynton bring one of the most familiar architectural forms \u2014 the lighthouse \u2014 to an unexpected location, miles from water in the midst of the Nevada desert. The trio of lighthouses lean away from one another in an irregular fashion, which gives them a spark of personality. One thinks of the weird sisters of Macbeth<\/i>: spooky figures of the night that seem to have been called from the depths of memory. <\/p>\n

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4. Heart of Gold Installation<\/h2>\n

by HYBYCOZO<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

These miniature domes resemble nothing as much as terrariums, but architects will also note a resemblance to the geodesic dome<\/a>, Buckminster Fuller\u2019s most iconic invention. The project, described on the design firm\u2019s Kickstarter page as a \u201cgeometric and iridescent light installation,\u201d seeks to encourage the \u201ccontemplating [of] life, the universe and everything.\u201d Simple geometric structures that play on multiple referents from art and architectural history, these small domes are an open canvas for the imagination. <\/p>\n

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3. Typographic Installations<\/h2>\n

by Laura Kimpton<\/i><\/p>\n

Three-dimensional typography is somewhat mysteriously underutilized. While few things in the world are more iconic than the Hollywood Sign or Philadelphia\u2019s LOVE<\/i><\/a> statue, other cities seem reluctant to commission public art that gives shape and volume to text. Perhaps we are still a society grounded in the image, even in the Information Age. At Burning Man, Laura Kimpton selected Art Nouveau letterforms to make bold, direct reference to some of the guiding themes of America\u2019s favorite bohemian festival.<\/p>\n

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Photos via Mamou-Mani<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

2. Tangential Dreams<\/h2>\n

by Mamou-Mani<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Design firm Mamou-Mani\u2019s twisting structure unfurls in the manner of a vine, reminding this reporter of the Japanese conceptual architectural movement Metabolism<\/a>, which sought to create buildings that would change over time like living things. By drawing a connection between nature and architecture, Mamou-Mani speaks to the spiritualist bent of the Burning Man festival, which connects contemporary art with older forms of expression such as ritual and myth.<\/p>\n

\u201cTangential Dreams<\/i> is also the physical manifestation of our collective dreams,\u201d wrote Mamou-Mani on the team\u2019s Kickstarter page. \u201cIt is a 30-feet-high twisting tower with thin wooden tangent swaying in the wind with inspiring sentences written by people around the world.\u201d The natural appearance of the structure was achieved through the use of a sophisticated algorithm.<\/p>\n

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1. Temple<\/h2>\n

by Temple Crew<\/i><\/p>\n

Since 2000, Burning Man has featured wooden temples, a tradition pioneered by the artist David Best. In keeping with the festival\u2019s emphasis on transience, these are burned down each year, a ritual of creative destruction that renders something that is ordinarily fixed in place \u2014 architecture \u2014 into something fleeting and ephemeral. In this way, the structures allow architecture to become an event.<\/p>\n

Unlike previous years, in which the temples were given names such as Temple of Hope <\/i>or Temple of the Mind<\/i>, this year\u2019s temple is simply titled Temple. <\/i>In this way, it stands in for all the other structures that have constituted this decade-and-a-half-long project. The form of this year\u2019s structure \u2014 a simple pagoda \u2014 fits in with its intention to capture the essence of the ritual. <\/p>\n

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This year’s temple seen from afar through a conceptual piece entitled <\/i>Got Framed by Nino<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the Temple is something that does reflect the mad masquerade and joy of our community, it does so with sacredness, solemnity, a sense of remembrance, grief and renewal that can appear as a stark contrast to the rest of the event,\u201d wrote John Mosbaugh, aka \u201cMoze,\u201d in an essay published on the official Burning Man website<\/a>. \u201cIt is that contrast that helps to define the Burning Man community as anything but one dimensional.\u201d<\/p>\n

All images via If It\u2019s Hip, It\u2019s Here<\/a> unless otherwise noted<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Burning Man 2016 might have come to a close, but like a phoenix it will rise again next year, hotter and brighter than ever. Until then, we are left with the memories of this one-of-a-kind festival, which ties art, music and design together with the spirit of community. 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