Fernando Romero Enterprise reveals concept for Burning Man temple

Mexico and New York-based Fernando Romero Enterprise (FR-EE) has unveiled their proposal for this year's Burning Man Temple. Each year the even invites a team of architects, artists, and designers to design a temple proposal where Burners (Burning Man participants) can gather.

FR-EE's concept is inspired by the Ancient Greek word holon, which refers to an object that is both complete unto itself and an integral part of a larger whole. Taking the form of a wooden ellipsoid, the larger inhabitable temple houses an identically smaller version of itself within that serves as an altar. Within the altar still lies an even smaller replica of this ellipsoidal form, a nested array of artifacts, each complimenting the other.

The temple's construction consists of a wooden truss system, devised by FR-EE to achieve its organic form. Each truss bows outward and is braced by 34 circular horizontal members, representing the 34 years of Burning Man's existence. A compressio...