![]() The weather was great (much cooler than last July’s prototyping camp) and the skies were clear most days until the rains came quite dramatically on the final weekend. Fly Ranch LAGI Campoutĭuring the last couple weeks of May, 2022, Fly Ranch hosted the latest LAGI prototyping camp in the beautifully unique landscape of Northern Nevada. You can follow their progress on the Tamaga Studio Instagram page. The Source by Mateusz Góra and Agata Gryszkiewicz (Tamaga Studio) uses solar photovoltaic, battery energy storage, water harvesting and cistern, rammed-earth thermal mass, fruit trees, fruit walls, and composting to contribute 250 kg of food per year, 2.2 MWh of electricity per year, 9,000 liters of water per year, habitat enhancement, environmental education venue, and soil replenishment. They achieved the structural performance and the color striations they were looking for. The Source team-Mateusz Góra and Agata Gryszkiewicz (Tamaga Studio)-used local earth sourced around Fly Ranch to test the rammed earth construction technique they will use to build their regenerative artwork at Fly Ranch. The Fly Ranch team will work with LAGI teams, advisors, regulators, and other partners to explore the best approaches for permits, zoning, and water use. As with other aspects of Fly Ranch, this will be an emergent and collaborative process. For the next year and a half, teams will explore and test prototypes. Since then, through conversations, site visits, and research some teams have shifted their desired placement. Below that is a project maps that show where each team has placed their project as of one year ago. The top map above is from the design guidelines that teams relied on when they made their proposals. As prototyping begins, the layout of this massive landscape for regenerative art is coming together through close coordination between the teams, Fly Ranch volunteers, and LAGI 2020 technical advisors and jurors. Beginning last year and continuing over the next few years, the teams will explore the feasibility of their proposals and adapt their artistic concepts based on their experiences of the site. The top ten teams were given honoraria grants from Burning Man Project to build a functional prototype. You can follow the progress at the project’s Instagram page. SEED symbiotic coevolution by Samantha Katz, Woody Nitibhon, Henry O’Donnell, Samantha Katz, Lola Lafia, Eric Baczuk, John Hilmes, Max Schwitalla, and Colin O’Donnell uses solar photovoltaic, geothermal heat, passive cooling, composting, greenhouses, aquaponics, biodigesters, and greywater recycling to contribute climate controlled shelter, exhibit and event spaces, soil nutrients, and sustainable agricultural products. ![]() The result is a protected food forest and community gathering space constructed entirely from material found on site. ![]() The SEED team celebrates their second successful prototyping project at Fly Ranch along with a community of volunteers and other artist teams. The LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Brief invited interdisciplinary teams of artists, architects, landscape architects, engineers, and scientists to propose works of art in the landscape that, in addition to their beauty and the transformational experiences they provide, also function to generate infrastructural contributions under one or more of the following five systems: power, water, food, shelter, and the regeneration of waste streams. Two years later, the Land Art Generator Initiative and Burning Man Project partnered to hold a multi-disciplinary design challenge-LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch-to create the foundational infrastructure for that beautiful remote landscape. The campout sparked an idea and relationships that brought together LAGI, Fly Ranch, and Burning Man Project. Four years ago, the Land Art Generator Initiative co-founders visited Fly Ranch for a weekend campout. ![]()
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