The Heart is an internationally known Symbol for Love.
The Love Nest is a Pavilion designed for Burning Man as a destination to express your Love to another. Wedding ceremonies will take place within the Heart structure, this is the biggest gesture of Love, joining together as one, declaring your Love for everyone to see
The wooden hearts floating toward the sky create a Tower of Love
Inside the Love Nest1:20 Model and Heart BendingLove Nest – Night Time
Developing the Love Nest
The origin of the Heart Symbol
Symbols as a System
At Burning Man within the Temple (also known as the Temple of Love) people leave messages to remember there loved ones that they have lost, the temple is then burnt so the messages can get to those who are being remembered. The Idea of the below design was inspired by a book, being a place of words, people add to the pages of the book of love.
Interlocking Hearts – Heart Tower
The Tower
Every time someone is married within the Tower a coloured heart is added to the Structure.Â
Progression of the Form
Developing the design to be more fluid and natural, as love isn’t hard and spiky.
Bending Hearts
Looking at different ways of bending wooden Hearts to be able to work with the newly designed form and being able to attach to the ‘Ribs’ of the design. I looked at two ways of achieving this:
Laser Cutting
By laser cutting a line pattern into the heart I achieved a material that bends easily
Cutting and folding
Cutting a slit from the bottom of the heart to the centre and taking the two half and bending one on top of the other
Results – The Laser Heart bent easily but did not stay in place and became more fragile whereas the folded heart keeps its shape and is a more solid form
The Love Nest – Initial RendersThe Love Nest – Initial Model
Folding Hearts – Further Research
Looking at what effects the curvature of the heart.
Variable – Length of cut for bending
Results – The Longer the cut the smoother the curve
Final Design – Love Nest
The Final Design looks at creating a form by connecting the folding hearts, removing the structural ‘Ribs’ from the previous design and creating a system to achieve a Form
Love Nest – Final ModelLove Nest – Internal ViewsLove Nest – LightingLove Nest – Night Time
The Heart is an internationally known Symbol for Love.
The Tower
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