Resonance Tree · Burning Man 2026

Build Dashboard

Nine days. Three shifts a day. One bamboo tree. This is the living plan — what happens each shift, which crews carry it, and how far along we are. Self-assign your shifts on the crew sheet; this page is the shared picture.

At a Glance

Where the build stands

37 / 27shifts planned vs available · 10 over budget

0 / 23tasks done

0in progress right now

9 days3 shifts a day · ★ evening 3–7p is the all-hands push

How build week works: Morning 7–11a · Evening 3–7p (★ all-hands, before dinner) · Night 9p–1a. Everyone picks 2 of 3 shifts. Every shift has 1–2 leads (Ed · Elliot · Jimmy · Kalob). Buffers are built into the week, not parked at the end. Meals: 1 breakfast / 2 lunch / 2 dinner+social duty across the week. Self-assign your shifts on the crew sheet — this page is the shared picture.

The Build in 3D

Step through every phase of the tree

Drag to orbit, scrub the timeline, or tap a phase — each one shows the matching steps from the build manual. The structural geometry (trunk, roof, limbs, grid shell, bark, roots) comes straight from Ed's Rhino engineering model; the decorative layers are simplified sketches.

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The Week

Nine days — tap a day to drill in


Morning 7–11a	Camp shade structure	Ground anchorsTwo scaffold towers	Asper + tali poles	Limbs x24 — lashing	Grid shell CLOCKWISE	BUFFER / catch-up shifts	RootsPortal doors + floor mats	Program + calibrate lights	LNT / MOOP sweep + polish
Evening 3–7p ★	Camp build: tents · kitche	Main tower raise → hyperbo	Reciprocal roof	Limbs x24 — lashingGrid shell CLOCKWISE	Grid shell CCW + 6m infill	Bark	Windelier + 55 wind chimes	Decor + final decorative l	LNT / MOOP sweep + polish
Night 9p–1a	Ground anchorsContainer unload + staging	Asper + tali poles	Interior nets + 12' ladderLimbs x24 — lashing+1 more	Grid shell CLOCKWISE	Spiral lidi crownBUFFER / catch-up shifts	BarkRoots	Hang ALL lights	Program + calibrate lights

Progress

Phase by phase

Tap a phase to filter the task list and light it up on the week grid.

1×Camp shade structure (long night)Camp · Camp Shade 8 · 8 ppl · D1 S1 (2-7a)Not started
1×Camp build: tents · kitchen · water · MOOPCamp · All present · 8 ppl · D1 S2Not started
1×Ground anchors (12 clock + 4 tie-down)Ph 02 · Ground Anchor 3 · 3 ppl · D1 S3 / D2 S1Not started
1×Container unload + stagingPh 03 · Unload 9 (8+lead) · 9 ppl · D1 S3 ★Not started
1×Two scaffold towers (+ladders tied on)Ph 05 · Tower & Trunk 8 · 6 ppl · D2 S1Not started
1×Main tower raise → hyperbolic curve + ringsPh 06 · Tower&Trunk 8 + Rig 4 + AT 4 · 16 ppl · D2 S2 ★Not started
2×Asper + tali poles (~81 connections)Ph 06 · Tower&Trunk + All-Thread · 8 ppl · D2 S3 · D3 S1Not started
1×Interior nets + 12' ladderPh 07 · Net/Web 2 · 2 ppl · D3 S3Not started
1×Reciprocal roof (DROP-THE-RING)Ph 08 · Roof Canopy 6 + Rig · 10 ppl · D3 S2 ★Not started
3×Limbs x24 — lashing (2 ties tower + 1 roof)Ph 09 · Lashing A+B 8 · 8 ppl · D3 S3 · D4 S1 · D4 S2Not started
3×Grid shell CLOCKWISE (pre-join + weave)Ph 10 · Grid Shell 9 + all · 16 ppl · D4 S2 ★ · D4 S3 · D5 S1Not started
1×Grid shell CCW + 6m infillPh 10 · Grid Shell 9 + all · 16 ppl · D5 S2 ★Not started
1×Spiral lidi crown (12 CW + 12 CCW)Ph 11 · Spiral Lidi A+B 4 · 4 ppl · D5 S3Not started
2×Bark (~300 plupuh, army)Ph 12 · Bark 5 + army · 16 ppl · D6 S2 ★ · D6 S3Not started
2×Roots (lidi arches, 2 teams of 3)Ph 14 · Roots A+B 6 · 6 ppl · D6 S3 · D7 S1Not started
1×Portal doors + floor matsPh 14 · Roots B + support · 4 ppl · D7 S1Not started
1×Windelier + 55 wind chimesPh 08+ · Windelier 6 + all · 14 ppl · D7 S2 ★Not started
1×Hang ALL lights (canopy + up-lights)Ph 13 · Lighting 3 + Ben/Steve + all · 12 ppl · D7 S3Not started
2×Program + calibrate lightsPh 13 · Lighting + Ben/Steve · 3 ppl · D8 S1 · D8 S3Not started
1×Decor + final decorative lashingsFinish · All hands · 16 ppl · D8 S2 ★Not started
4×WEBS (rings pre-done + rope ladders)Parallel · Charlie + Zola · 2 ppl · D5-D8 (parallel)Not started
3×BUFFER / catch-up shiftsReserve · Flex · - ppl · D3 S3 · D5 S3 · D6 S1Not started
2×LNT / MOOP sweep + polishClose · All (light) · 8 ppl · D9 S1 · D9 S2Not started

Build Crews

20 crews carry the tree

Crews are task teams, not fixed rosters — self-assign on the crew sheet. Most people ride with 2–3 crews across the week.

Camp Shade Structure8 · Camp · D1 2–7aFull camp shade in one long night shift — done before sun-up.

Ground Anchor3 · Ph 02 · D1–D212-anchor clock pattern + 4 tie-downs, verified before any pole.

Container Unload9 · Ph 03 · D1 ★8 + lead. Staged unload; stage by phase zone; lead runs the manifest.

Tower & Trunk8 · Ph 05–06 · D2–D3Scaffolds, 7.6m trunk raise, hyperbolic curve, ~81 connections.

Rigging4 · Cross-cut · D2–D8Platforms, balustrades, ladders, anchors — what the high crews clip to.

All-Thread A — Rings2 · Ph 05–06 · D2–D3Rings to tower, 12mm longdrat, torque-checked.

All-Thread B — Rings2 · Ph 05–06 · D2–D3Mirror team, opposite side.

Net / Web2 · Ph 07 · D3–D4Interior nets — the upper one is the public platform.

Climbing (tag)~4 · Cross-cut · D2–D8A qualification, not a shift crew — flows through all high phases.

Roof Canopy6 · Ph 08 · D312+12 reciprocal poles · DROP-THE-RING.

Windelier6 · Ph 08+ · D7The wind-chime chandelier + all 55 chimes. Detail people.

Lashing A — Limbs4 · Ph 09 · D3–D424 limbs: 2 ties to tower + 1 to roof. Starts Day 3.

Lashing B — Limbs4 · Ph 09 · D3–D4Mirror team — symmetric loading.

Grid Shell9 · Ph 10 · D4–D5 ★THE monster: pre-join 48×14m, weave CW+CCW through the limbs.

Spiral Lidi A2 · Ph 11 · D512 clockwise crown spirals.

Spiral Lidi B2 · Ph 11 · D512 counter-clockwise, interleaved.

Bark5+army · Ph 12 · D6 ★~300 plupuh woven under the grid shell — every face at once.

Lighting3+Ben·Steve · Ph 13 · D7–D8100 covers + ~130 solar lights + calibration.

Roots A — Lidi & Portal3 · Ph 14 · D6–D7Sculptural root arches + the 2 portal doors.

Roots B — Lidi & Portal3 · Ph 14 · D6–D7Mirror team + bamboo floor mats.

Engineer's Numbers

The structure, signed off

From Ed Wilkes, Chartered Structural Engineer — structural design report, 05/06/26.

6.5mtotal height · 10m canopy · 2.7m waist

90mphwind design (ASCE 7) · no guy wires needed

5.0kPanet live load (100psf) · steel-ring prefab nets

12+12doubled tower poles · M10 bolts + 4-wrap 550 cord joints

⚠ anchors16kN uplift > 3000lb per anchor — more anchors required, arrangement TBC with Ed

Structural Design ReportEd Wilkes · Chartered Structural Engineer · 05.06.26 · PDF

Dashboard updated Aug 1, 2:09 PM · synced from the Build Schedule sheet

Materials & Unpack Plan

What we have, and where it goes when the container opens. Three piles: the Tree stays with the project, the main shade rides the camp box truck, and the container work-shade is tracked separately against the extras pool. Source: Bamboo Pure BOQ R8 (2026-05-15) · Ed/Elliot shade mtg 2026-07-12 · Elliot container-shade sketch 2026-07-22.

Project pile — the Tree

PROJECT — stays together in the shipping container

Everything the Tree itself is built from. Unpack to the project side of the build site.

Column tower bundles (2× tali blonde ø70–90)	48
Roof poles tali blonde ø70–90	24
Laminate rings ø150/170/440/340/218 cm + chandelier rings ø150/50	7
Laminate roof chandelier pieces (8-layer)	8
Limbs / split arches (double petung black splits, 6 m)	36
Filler limb splits (petung, 6 m)	36
Floor poles tali blonde ø60–80	12
Gridshell splits (petung blonde 6 m, finished)	180
Lidi bundles (6-pc, 6 m)	26
Plupuh skin — black 3 m / blonde 3 m	100 / 200
Bamboo lidi 4 m	500
Bamboo lamp covers (slanted, tali black)	100
Chandelier (tali black ø60–70)	1
Bamboo doors 160×100 cm	2
Wind chimes	55
Floor planks (renggang 250×40 cm)	8
Heavy tower spares — asper brown ø100–120: 8 m / 6 m	12 / 12
Tower spares — tali blonde 7.6 m (left after shade rafters)	10
Consumables: rope 30 rolls · longdrat 8 mm ×50 + 12 mm ×24 · washers/nuts · wire rope	1 lot

Camp pile — main shade structure

CAMP — box truck

The camp commons shade (~20 m canopy on a 22 m guy-anchor spread, steel tension ring, ~20 fabric sails). Built first on arrival. All cut from the BOQ extras pool.

Rafters 7.6 m (tali blonde ø70–90)	20
Perimeter rails 5.5 m (tali brown ø70–90)	10
Tower poles 5.5 m	10–20 (Ed to confirm)
Tripods — 15 × (2× 3 m poles)	30 poles
Mid-span props 4 m	~10
Central props (length TBD)	~10
Central steel tension ring	1
Roof sails (7.8×2.44 m cut → 7.24×2.31 m finish)	20
Wall panels (5.2×2.44 m cut → 5.07×2.31 m finish)	per cut sheet

Container work-site shade — tracked separately

Travels with the project container (it mounts on it)

Elliot's sketch 07-22: lean-to off the shipping container long side, for shade at the tree build site.

Wall poles 4 m (stand off container wall)	4
Rafters 6 m (container roof → outer rail)	4
Tripods — 4 × (2× 3 m poles)	8 poles
Outer rail (from 5 m / 5.5 m remainder)	TBD

Extras pool — what's left after the shades take their cut

BOQ section 1B. Main shade + container shade draw from these; the balance stays with the Tree as spares.

Extras pool (BOQ 1B)	BOQ	Main shade	Container shade	Remaining
7.6 m tali blonde ø70–90	30	20	0	10 → tree spares
8 m asper brown ø100–120	12	0	0	12 → tree spares
6 m asper brown ø100–120	12	0	0	12 → tree spares
4 m tali blonde ø60–70	30	10	4	16
5 m tali blonde ø60–70	16	0	0	16 (outer rail candidate)
5.5 m tali brown ø70–90	24	10 + tower 10–20	0	⚠ short up to 16 if tower uses 5.5 m — Ed to confirm
6 m tali brown ø70–90	6	0	4	2
3 m tali blonde ø60–70	30	30	8	⚠ SHORT 8 — pull from 4 m pool or cut down

Open decisions

3 m poles short by 8 (38 needed vs 30) — pull 8 from the 4 m pool or cut down longer stock
Shade tower pole count (10–20 × 5.5 m) — decides whether the 5.5 m pool covers or runs short
Container-shade outer rail: length + which pool (5 m suggested)
BOQ 'Bamboo Shade' ×4 — camp or project pile?
Central props ~10 — confirm length and reserve pool