Danish architect Bjarke Ingels is crowdsourcing $50,000 to bring a giant orb to Burning Man
The Orb, which is visible from most of Black Rock City, is meant to help festival attendees navigate the desert.
At night, the Orb will blend with the surrounding environment.
It has been designed to deflate easily after the festival ends, which adheres to a core Burning Man principle — leaving no trace.
The Orb consists of five parts: a sphere, a 105-foot mast, a baseplate, foundation anchors, and installations like fans.
In June, Ingels' team shipped the Orb in five different containers to Nevada and began welding the steel.
According to the fundraising page, the team spent 1,000 hours welding the structure and 1,500 hours sewing the sphere.
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