Geodesic Temple

Project for a burnable sculpture by Disorient in 2011
Presented at Burning Man, Coachella, Figment, Electric Zoo etc.

Description: a modular, self-supported, burnable sculpture made of platonic solids.

Octahedron

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all icosahedrons are the same size and the sculpture is 91 feet tall. Icosahedron: a regular polyhedron with 20 identical equilateral triangular faces which is also a geodesic volume and a platonic solid.

Icosahedron

Media:Geodesic_temple_2011.skp‎
all icosahedrons are the same size and the sculpture is 91 feet tall. Icosahedron: a regular polyhedron with 20 identical equilateral triangular faces which is also a geodesic volume and a platonic solid.
The Dex is covered with similar pieces.

Possible materials: wood, cardboard, paper...
Probable material: 2x4 wooden studs.
Lighting: multiple opportunities. Elements of new Leo Sign could be mounted on the struts. One strobe pointing inside each polyhedron.
Some elements are left free-standing on the ground so they can be moved/rolled by anyone to reconfigure the piece.
Skin: sides can be (partially) skinned individually. Skinning the structure would help with shade, burn and lighting but would create more resistance to wind which is a problem on the playa. Maybe only lower parts of the structure are skinned?
Dex transformation uses same polyhedron.
Camp frontage uses same polyhedron.

Funding:
- Apply for grants: Figment, Burning Man;
- Coachella, Electric Zoo

Notes:
- Loops help with structural integrity. How do we make loops using respective polyhedrons?

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References:
From Victoria's inspirations and JoeChe on FB