BIG Mirror Ball at Burning Man

The BIG Ideas department, which is part of the Bjarke Ingels bureau group, is the company's internal special projects division. The department is currently working on the ORB project, which will be presented at this year's Burning Man festival.

ORB is an inflatable sphere, which is a model of the earth on a scale of 1: 500,000 with an impressive diameter of 25 m. Conceptually, the ball is characterized by the authors themselves as a "mirror for all who love the Earth."

At night, the sphere will completely merge with the environment, becoming part of the desert. The ball itself is supported by a 32-meter steel mast.

Today, BIG Ideas is trying to attract additional investment for the project, as it has already financed the purchase of 30 tons of steel to create the structure, as well as 2500 hours of welding and sewing to construct the sphere itself. However, to complete the project, the architects need another $ 50,000.

Source: https://his.ua/article/gigantskiy-zerkalnyy-shar-ot-big-na-festivale-burning-man_2018-07-03