This is Black Rock City

The BOOK

A limited amount of books is now available in Europe

Welcome back 2016

Octavius by Peter Hazel

Greetings by Julia Nelson-Gal

Dwayne of the Temple crew camp

The Space Whale by the Pier Group

with Matthew Schultz, Android Jones and Andy Tibbetts

Electric Renaissance by Heliotropics

Mechan 9 by Tyler Fuqua

The 747 Project by Big Imagination

Mutants line at DMV

Metal Pods of Black Rock Observatory

In the Mindfield looking at the Selenite Range

Oh well!

Chillin' at the Root Society

Burning Man Da Vinci's Workshop 2016

The Temple by David Best and Crew

The Black Rock Lighthouse Service by Jonny and Max Poynton

The Man

The Kazbah

Home by Laura Kimpton and Jeff Schomberg

Hydrate with feelings at the Aqua Zone

2016 Table of contents

2 pages/275 images At the bottom of each column click older posts to access the next page

Page 1 Slo-mo Intro/The Golden Rebars Awards

Camping in Style or not

Page 2 Participants/Installations/Abstract/Me and my camp

BRC2015 Homesick? 2014

you will find links going back as far as 1996

Black Rock City, NV The New Ephemeral Architecture of Burning Man

5 years in the making with foreword by Zahid Sardar and essays by Burning Man co-founder Harley K. Dubois, Fred Bernstein architecture critic and AIASF architect Glenn Lym,
this 144 pages hardcover book with a bright orange cloth bookmark
is the sequel of the now sold out
first book covering the early years of Black Rock.

With 200 new images taken from 2011 to 2015, the book explores the camps and the villages shaping the city while
offering a broad vision of the multiples solutions
to camp in style or not in the 21st century.

Only available online at my page

For personal change in my life, the sale of the book ends late 2017.

Two stores in San Francisco carry it, sporadically, Distraction and Zinc Details.

In Paris (France), the bookstore at this address will carry it in April.

The 2016 MOOP MAP

(I am green)

THE 2016 GOLDEN REBAR AWARDS

Disclaimer for the 12 readers and counting of this blog: given the ever-changing weather pattern combined to the ebb and flow of participants, it is impossible to see the entirety of shelters and dwellings, visit all the camps and villages that dot the city. I spared no effort to explore all the streets back and forth from 2:00 to 10:00, A to L, for two weeks documenting this

urban phenomenon.

If you have any precision to add, calmly contact me: brc(at)philippeglade.com

The Soundscape Golden Rebar

In 2016, indisputably, The Mayan Warrior mutant vehicle could not be missed thanks to a lasers display that rivals any stadium bands, a beyond believes 70,000 watt sound system to dance to talented and daring DJ's like Jennifer Cardini among an impressive list of artists.

Its sound signature brings the promises of tension and rhythm.

The Man's burn and post-burn sets were just phenomenal.

Golden Rebar for Design

The Origami Pod designed by Joerg Student

and made of 1 sheet of folded corrugated

polypropylene with bamboo sticks, works

like a charm for several years on the playa.

It was the camp of The Shrumen Lumen installation

The intricate oculus of the origami pod

Structural Golden Rebar

Marshal, camp designer of Wrongtown wanted a beacon
to help fellow campers find their way home at night.
The mast equipped with programmable LED's

has "branches" that with wires support a 60' diameter octagonal canopy.

This simple and elegant solution is quite easy to put in place.

Detail of the branches

Tiny House Golden Rebar

Several years ago, Thomas Kwaske, a contractor by trade,

built a three story Pagoda, featured in one of the first entries of this blog.

Helped by his wife, it took him two days to build

the plywood panels Love Shack II, with a bed, a kitchen sink

and lighting provided by photovoltaic panels on the roof.

On the wall the power inverter surrounded by a hat collection

Did I mentioned the private dry toilet?

Golden Rebar for keeping up the spirit

goes to "The Cabana on the playa"

at Camp Crooked

A dozen of corrugated metal sidings, 2x4's, 4x4's and shade cloths

can bring you a Golden Rebar

How to transform a drab container into an art piece

Golden Rebar

"Community Case" by Michael P. Murnane a.k.a. Chime

for Camp Dang Gang Imperial Cruiser

Golden Rebar for American Dream Camp

White picket fences, Astroturf, stars and stripes flags,

here we go for the solo

Cute as a Cube Golden Rebar

Defying the laws of aerodynamics and cuteness,

this camp held strong and did not budge during the few dust storms cheering up life in the burb.

Built in a couple of hours by Paige and Adrian.

The frame is made of 2x4's and 4x4's connected by nuts and bolts

for a fast set up and strike.

The friendliest Hexayurt Golden Rebar

The Yurticorn

Inside the Yurticorn lounge at the Unicorner

Golden Rebar for the Zendo

A place for psychedelic harm reduction, the Zendo is a safe place for anyone having a challenging experience and a landmark for many years.

5000 pounds of recycled cardboard.

The circular chamber with its large oculus welcomes 30 people at a time.

Feeling safe and protected inside the Zendo

The "I cannot believe it" Golden Rebar

The Tower of Slackjaw a.k.a The Sputnik, a well known landmark at 3:00@K, is single-handedly built in one week by Stephen Nicholas.

Kuddos!!

Three geodesic domes on top of each other. Only at Black Rock!

Golden Rebar for Upcycling

Camp Monkey Love, a sound camp, repurposed several shipping containers in chilling lounges.

The sides open up to serve as a sturdy dance floor while

the centre offers decent shade.

These containers are the building blocks of a reusable

and scalable shade structure.

Container lounges, the banana tree and dance floor of Camp Monkey Love

The portal of Camp Monkey Love

Golden Rebar for Camp with a Purpose

Part of the mile long line (9000 people really?) to enter Camp Refoamation

The Phrygians will make you go through "training"

to get to the Foam experience.

The golden shovel on the left represent regenerative agriculture as a long term solution for healthy food and fight climate change

The Tree of Life made of recycled paper with wheat paste

The dining area facing the foam stall

The kitchen

The foam experience was one of the best surprise I had on the playa.

After a week in the desert I felt rejuvenated and delighted to meet such a purposefully organised camp with outstanding participants.

Golden Rebar for New Shelter

An easily assembled metal frame supports the roof made of two layers of canvas that with the help of an A/C system keeps the shelter cool.

40 of them were installed in few days by a strong crew at Camp Gitane
(see a the bottom of the page)

Inside a Gitana

The New Tent Golden Rebar

These pyramidal structures were part of The Mayan Warrior (this year buzz word) camp.

This picture doesn't do justice to the engineering involved in the design of these easy to set up tipi-like tents: folding carbon fiber poles with a water proof and breathable fabric.

Called Buffalo Tent, two models are available, at a price.

Because it's a week-long event, we prefer the XL model with an standing hight entrance.

ENJOY BLACK ROCK CITY

Radiance Dome by Light at Play 5 V Dome 2016

Watch it at night

Cleu Camp detail of Starman dome

The Outpost Camp

Hammock Hangout Camp with folded parachutes

The Hammock Hangout camp with Spike the Big Red Dragon

Sugar Bitches Camp

Star Star Roadhouse Camp

The Hangry Bishop Camp

Dome with parachute

Conduit Frame Structure EMT

Harmonic Convergence Camp

Camp Sakenoma

Camp Questionable Behavior

Camp Perky Parts

Delicioso and Creperie Camp

Camp with portal

Portal is very important to define a camp space

Hellfire Society Camp

The name is a misnomer, nice guys

Magic Lantern Society camp with Lotus Belle tent

Sharkeys bar and camp

Barechested Baristas Camp

Eggs Camp

BRC3PO

The post office

Playa Penthouse

Playa Info 2016

BRC Boardwalk

full of subtle innuendos

The Pink Womb

Sextant Camp and Vunderbar by Torrey Sarge Smith,

an envelop pusher, the core spirit of BRC.

Featured in the book

Automatic Subconscious Camp catenary dome

Automatic Subconscious Camp catenary dome Oculus

Shade Cloth from above

Shade Cloth with KD Kanopy

Panorama

View from Panorama Camp

3:00@K corner with Mactropolis Bar

Camp Frosty a.k.a Captain Dan's camp

Super sweet people. On top of the tower is a revolving love pod.

The camp structure is custom made in Aluminum by Captive Spark

Detail of Aluminum structure of Camp Frosty

Camp Burning Dog

Playadomes of Camp Burning Dog

Inside a 30ft Playadome

Starstage canopies with bell tents at Camp Destiny of Fire

Portable Office Buildings

Painted RV

This one is not a plug and play.

Love it

Ready for the day after

Sail boat "Double Bed" Camp

Hardlys Camp

Hardly's camp with Armadillo mutant vehicle

Camp Rat Trap

Camp Pink Spot

7 Sins Lounge

Camp Kiss My Ass

Camp Cum inside with Delta Canopy

Camp Uranus

Camp Pathogen Trackers kitchen and shower trucks

The Mutant Recovery Vehicles created some controversy while travelling to the city

Camp Pathogen Trackers with HDT Airbeam shelters

The layout of the camp was well prepared.

Inside an Airbeam shelter at Camp Pathogen Trackers

Giant Monkey Hut ribs and spine

The Two Lanterns Wedding Chapel

Math Camp

Camp Question Mark

Camp Playground

Camp White Ocean dance floor

Prescient sign near White Ocean Camp

The Ashram Galactica

Guestrooms of the Ashram Galactica Hotel

The Saunadome inflatable dome

They came from Northern Europe, I don't remember exactly,.

Look at the containers, this is logistic.

The dome with inflatable beams is the Mavericks tent from Heimplanet

Inside the Saunadome

Red Lightning Camp 2016 Portal

Red Lightning Camp 2016

Red Caïdal Tent with one single central mast

Red Lotus Belle Tent

The Queen of Glamping

Root Society Cocktail Lounge dome 2016

The Purple Paradise Pod at Root Society Camp

Inside the Purple Paradise Pod at Root Society Camp

Cool dudes

Tipis at Root Society Camp

Dome and Tipi

Pink Heart camp shade stucture on playa 2016

Dessert Dwellers Camp 2016

Playa Waste Raiders Camp

Campo Misterioso

Cereal Thrillers Camp

Camp Reno Nation

Camp Renarnia

Camp Renarnia inside

Camp Refoamation stretch fabric shelter

Camp Radical Shelf Reliance

The Palace Camp

Inside the Palace Camp

Everywhere Burning Man 2016

Variation on a classic DPW shade structure.

White poles and beams with a white ground cover to minimise the dust stamping make a very inviting place. The white fabric for ceiling did not abate heat as expected.

EMT frame

Classic DPW Structure

Camp Bedouins from New York, super nice fellows

Here we go again

Plug and Play RVs

Facade

Dust proofed RV

Bus with shade tarp

Vintage Chinook RV

we want to see more of those

Orange

A rare Bill Moss Optimum 350 tent at the AEZ Village

Shiftpod in the Mindfield

Kodiak and Shiftpod tents in the Mindfield

Old school versus Nu Skool

The Shiftpods were everywhere.

This is a big success for a tent designed by Christian Weber long time burner

Here at Camp Eastern Light, first timers from China

Clam Six Pack tent, normally a shelter for ice fishing, it does not have a ground tarp and reflective fabric, offers a less expensive option to the desert tailored Shiftpod.

The Siesta4 by Outback Logic is a new tent created by festivalgoers who wanted to create a tent where it would possible to sleep in all day long even under the heat of the desert.

The creators developed their own reflective fabric and added fans to make the tent extra cool.

They were successful in their Indiegogo campaign as it was visible by the sheer number of these tents on the playa.

We just wish that one day they will do standing height models.