Geodesic Temple

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

Media:Geodesic_temple_2011.skp‎

Description: a modular, self-supported, burnable sculpture/environment made of icosahedrons.
In this first sketch, 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.

Some icosahedrons can be left free-standing on the ground so they can be moved/rolled by anyone to reconfigure the piece.
The Dex is covered with similar icosahedrons.

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 icosahedron.

Skin: sides can be (partially) skinned individually. Skinning the structure would help with shade, burn and lighting but would create more resistance to the wind which is a problem on the playa. Maybe only lower parts of the structure are skinned?

Funding:
- Apply for grants: Figment, Burning Man, Coachella

Notes:
- Loops would help with structural integrity. How do we make loops using icosahedrons? I tried several looping options and have not been able to place icosahedrons side by side so they would create a loop that closes.

References:
From Victoria's inspirations and JoeChe on FB