Gregg Fleishman
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Architect Gregg Fleishman’s Otic Oasis is a 35-foot honeycomb structure from Burning Man 2011 and 2012.
Weighing in around 20,000 pounds, Otic Oasis will be re-assembled using a local crew with Kasetsart University student participation under Fleishman’s direction. Wonderfruit is giving Oasis a central position as one of the main stages at the festival’s highest elevation, the Solar Stage, where participants can best enjoy the sunsets and sunrises.
Fleishman has designed a structure specific to Wonderfruit, integrating the Otic Oasis and creating view towers for the stage and surrounding countryside.
Otic Oasis’ rhombohedric structure is based on the diamond form of the rhombic dodecahedron constructed within the framework of a 3-D checkerboard of cubes. The “Lost Triangle of Pythagoras,” which defines the diamond shape, is the unifying factor of Fleishman’s design.
Fleishman sees this design as a solution to the changing needs of people on a planet under pressure. Such buildings can be disassembled and moved in the face of climate-driven disasters. These geometric portable structures can be scaled using modular components — three stories, five stories or more. “Because everything is modular, geometry allows these buildings to be virtually limitless,” Fleishman says. No nails or metal connectors, just calculated joinery holds Fleishman’s designs in place.