Sunday, October 26, 2014

Souk......Tents.....Houses......Domes......Hexayurts...Parachutes....RV's and Trailers













The Souk 21,000 square feet of stretch tents 







Designed by Andrew "Haggis" Johnstone with a crew of 100
105' high      32 Tons







The poles can be positioned randomly








The head was 17' high and weight 1.3 ton
















If you want to recreate the Souk in your garden or for next year at BRC















Proprietary corner and side fixings
















Occupy Souk!







Ready to burn

















One of 7 Optimum 350 tent designed by late Bill Moss
Here at the Alternative Energy Zone Village with Jellyfish camp
Heavy duty cotton canvas with aviation grade aluminum poles.







Made by Delta Canopy, sorry for the (free) product placement I want to see more of them around instead of rows of walled off RV's camps.







The ceiling







Again, a free product placement because these Lotus Belle tents are sooooo cute, see above my rant against these fortresses of RV's creating lifeless streets without interaction with the walled-off guests.







A Sibley tent, this is not the brand, just the name of the mid-19th century American Army officer who invented this type of tent.








The tents at Liquid Sky camp were custom-made in India (one camp manager told me).
In fact I found a site that manufactures this cute tents.







Inside








Afrika Korps??







Old school military tent








Camp Tazii with a Caïdal, popular Moroccan tent








A bell tent. There are more of them each year, great! better that than walled-off...you know now.







"Basshenge camp"






"Basshenge camp"
Stretch Bedouin tent







Inside







Cool apparatus







Fronting the Playa







Style clash
This dome tent welcomes 10 burners







Inside








Tent on wheel, superb idea








Family style, burner style








Inflatable






Ingenious Rooftop tent by Cascadia Vehicle Tents








I like to see in every block of the city these North Pole Party Shade that thanks to  a "brilliant " marketing decision were discontinued years ago. This is a really easy to setup spartan shelter that sustains the usual gusts of wind and can take a beating. Now it is a really hot item online.







A couple's camp







An another couple's shelter








They called it "The little house on the Playa"








Inside, it took 7 hours to build, note the AC.








The smallest houses on the Playa







The cabin at the "Bleachers" art car camp








More tiny houses








The expandable lattice wall of a yurt







Detail







The dome of "Tangoed Up in Blues" camp







Dome with stupa








Inside the dome with stupa







The Voodoo Shooting Gallery Camp domes








The Octopus Garden camp








3V dome







Inside the 3Vdome







Camp Areola 51








Balloon dome








Inside Balloon dome







The Shady Waffle dome








The Red dome








The Atom Cult Camp








The Atom Cult Camp detail









Inside







Playadome a longtime tested BRC staple








The loneliest hexayurt of the city








H4 Hexayurt at Paradigm Camp. To get in just open the roof.








Camp Dust Bunnies built The Taj Mahop a compound of five H15 interconnected with reusable panels tanks to metal beading on the panels sides. Designed by Justice Orion and Matt Morrissette.








Inside, notice the reinforcing frame.







The Hammock Hangout camp with 3 layers of parachutes








Inside with 90 hammocks








Parachute Hoop










A long time burner trailer, the kind we love to see and welcome.








The VW camp








This is a self-reliant camper








Size matters at BRC








The Skinny Kitty RV, banned in 38 states.







Installation: "Trailer with Porta-Potties"








On a satellite image this PnP camp has a visible huge footprint, thank to the banks of lined up RVs that kill any neighborhood interactions. No imagination.







In a walled off camp for Hollywood stars, astroturf is a really nice touch, until it rains and dries up, gluing it to the playa creating a huge MOOP Problem.
A tip from DA, Leader of the Playa restoration team: lay down the astroturf on top of a tarp to prevent a big headache for the volunteers cleaning up the playa behind the clients.







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