Urban Planning

Post Burn

Submitted by sgmcclain on Fri, 10/15/2010 - 10:30am

Burning Man DistriktI made it back from Black Rock City in one piece, despite the 20+ hr drive home! Since I was last there in 2003, a few things have changed but the overall atmosphere of community still exists. The sense of community at Burning Man comes from an element of acceptance and of survival. You are not judged for material things, you simply get to be who you are. Feeling welcome and comfortable breeds a sense of community. You also get a feeling that everyone is in it together. You are all exposed to the 100+ degree days, the 40 degree nights and the whiteouts.

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Burning Man as an Urban Planning Experiment

Submitted by sgmcclain on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 3:03pm

Burning Man MapI have been to Burning Man four times now. My first trip was in 2000 and it was on the tails of the Telluride Tech Festival. At that time, urban planning was  mostly an unfamiliar term to me and the fascination of Burning Man came mainly in the art and the people. It did not occur to me that a mass experiment in planning was taking place. The planned capacity of the event in 1998 was 9,000 people and has grown to over 50,000 now.

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