Each year, Black Rock City is temporarily home to 80,000 people and a whopping 1,600 Theme Camps. The Placement Team, a dedicated year-round team, coordinates 9 out of 10 Burners’ space on the Playa by deciding which camps go where, and why.

Engage and excite your earholes with this fascinating podcast from Burning Man – Urban Planning for a Desert Dreamscape – where you can learn more about how the map is designed for this extraordinary temporary metropolis, this semi-civilised experiment in community.

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