Spiraling timber temple revealed for Burning Man 2018

By Lucy Wang
Inhabitat
January 8, 2018
Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building
Region: United States, US West

A massive spiraling temple of timber is set to rise in the middle of a Nevada desert for Burning Man2018. Designed by London-based French architect Arthur Mamou-Mani of Mamou-Mani Architects, the winning 2018 Burning Man Temple design is titled Galaxia as a nod to the cosmos from which the structure takes inspiration. The 65-foot-wide temporary pavilion will be made of timber modules twisted and lifted to converge into a central tower rising 200 feet in height. …The trusses are twisted to frame a central space where a large 3D-printed mandalawill be placed. Burning Man attendees will be able to enter the temple and sit in small alcoves built into the timber structure. …Galaxia will be ritually burned at the end of the event. Burning Man 2018 will take place August 26 to September 3 in Nevada’s Black Rock City.

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