In Build · Burning Man 2026
The Resonance Tree
A tree grown from bamboo: reciprocal trunk, lantern canopy, gathering space at the roots.
The Brief
A climbable tree that survives the open desert
Burning Man gives art one impossible site: a dry lakebed with 80-mph gusts, alkaline dust, no shade, and a temporary city that appears for a single week. The Tree has to be sculpture from a distance and architecture up close: climbable roots, a trunk you can walk into, and a canopy of lanterns running entirely on sun.
It was accepted into the 2026 season and is the collective's first build at architectural scale. Everything below is the design record as it stands; we publish the as-built account after the burn.
- Structure: full-culm bamboo; bundled shell ribs; reciprocal-frame trunk tower
- Engineering: designed to ISO 22156; wind and crowd loading for open-desert conditions
- Lighting: a canopy of solar-powered lanterns, each simulated for sun access and battery runtime
- Fabrication: prefabricated by master craftspeople in Bali; shipped by container to Nevada
Process Record
Sketch → model → material → build
In Motion
Flythroughs from the design record
Want the Tree at your event?
After the burn it travels: delivered, raised, lit, and struck by our crew. Or commission the next piece in its lineage.
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* Design figures. Final as-built numbers published after the burn.