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Read here about a tower constructed according to tensegrity principles. The following photos were taken by the students and uploaded to Flickr.

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...h minimal material use – Urban Trees is able to span six-meters vertically to suspend a canopy of reflective elements while only weighing 15kg. Research [[Category:Portal to Architecture]]

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...asmussen and Katharina Stoll led the design effort. The chair was deployed to the 2011 Trans Pecos Festival of Love and Music in Marfa, Texas as part of .... The tendons were string. The seat was composed of three more tubes added to one open 'window' or face of the tensegrity.

...f building envelopes that actively adjust and shape themselves in relation to the natural environment, its seasons and weather. With this they offer grea [[Category:Portal to robotics]]

Read here about an architect and designer who was a critical contributor to early work on tensegrity. [[Category:Portal to Architecture]]

Read here about a proposed pavilion constructed according to tensegrity principles, by architecture students as part of their architectu ...ry schemes; packing of the smallest possible geometry, parametric response to the environment, and form finding. These schemes are the basis of the main

...st common is that the configuration changes from a packaged, compact state to a deployed, large state. Usually, these structures are used for easy storag [[Category:Portal to Architecture]]

Link to thesis is on this page: http://e-pub.uni-weimar.de/volltexte/2005/419/index [[Category:Portal to Architecture]]

...can architect, writer, and stage designer based in Rochester, New York, up to World War I, then in New York City. His books on democracy, fourth dimensio ...y ornamentation for the built environment. The ornaments could be attached to existing structures like skin on bone. Fuller, on the contrary, sought new

...he role of gravity in his structural training: the law of gravity dictated to build up through a system of strata, stacking one element onto the other. T ...r western perception of social spaces however codified, can too be reduced to this gravitational paradox between structural conventions.

Read here about a person significant to tensegrity research. ...ional methods of calculating structural stresses. His designs are regarded to have been heavily influenced by Australian architect Barry Patten, and his

...e base, which swivels each bay in turn upon spherical hinges and causes it to spring into a rigid box, as shown by Figure 3-18. Each box is then stiffene [[Category:Portal To Architecture]]

...arch and utitilization matures, the word is used more frequently, to refer to parts of tensegrity structures in relation with other parts. ...A" to another subsystem "B" that, in being framed by "A", depends upon "A" to cohere and function. The dual nature of the word "frame" is preserved wheth

Jakob AG, a Swiss rope-system manufacturer, decided to construct a large Tensegrity Torus in 2006. Architect Filippo Broggini was [[Category:Portal to Art & Design]]

...Because floors meet many needs, some essential to safety, floors are built to strict building codes. ..., to avoid any deformation of the surface as people walk from floor's edge to its center.

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...[Snelson, Kenneth|Kenneth Snelson's]] most well known works, partially due to its location on the Washington DC Mall. ...less steel cable. It measures 60 x 20 x 20 feet, 18.2 x 6 x 6m. It belongs to the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.

...r whether these supported its gravity-defying architecture, or anchored it to the ground. Dramatic by day, Skylon was even more radical, and exciting at ...thing became a stressed structure. This reduced the number of wires needed to anchor the Skylon and halved the amount of oscillation in the structure."

...sculpture, based on a proposed pavilion design, both constructed according to tensegrity principles, by architecture students as part of their architectu ...e. A tensegrity sphere is extended with a series of tensegrity twist units to form a freeform geometry in the topology of a Klein bottle.

...ing a dome as a tensegrity, the usual difficulties of mapping tensegrities to related polyhedral forms set in. ...nsegrity dome' or sphere is by its nature as soft as a marshmallow; no way to avoid that as long as one stays with discontinuity. Most important: it's no

...nd a filling transparent elastic membrane. Such a structure is better able to resist the effects of wind. [[Category:Portal to Architecture]]

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Below, a link to "the concept of structural depth as applied to certain bar-tendon assemblies". ...d. Hanaor proposes the term "bar-tendon" as a more accurate term referring to the classic tensegrity construction. Furthermore, Hanaor agrees with [[Snel

...higher up. That climber upper will require more skill and daring to use. To be executed in stainless steel or bronze tubing with stainless steel cable. ==Stairway to Heaven==

...ation or display in their intended use. Pavilions often feature a verandah to provide protection from the sun for spectators, such structures are often d ...etry and rigorous non-linear analysis to optimise the size of all elements to achieve efficient use of materials.

Returning to Naples, in 1951 he designed, together with Carlo Cocchia and Giulio De Luca ...the "Tensegrity Tetrahedron." Image from Section 2.4 of A Practical Guide to Tensegrity Design, Burkhardt. Link: http://bobwb.tripod.com/synergetics/pho

This page contains photographs related to the Tensegrity Goes Blob project undertaken by the Architecture students of To read more about the project, read the [[Tensegrity Goes Blob by Trier Unive

=Method to transform a tower to an arch= ...hat preserves the equilibrium equations. We then characterize the manifold to which classical tensegrity systems belong, which gives insight into the for

...es, known with the name of “veloroutes8” that is expected to connect Cadiz to Athens. This bicycle route would connect all European countries among each “Canale Cavour” is the name assigned to the historical landscape. “Canale Cavour” is a masterpiece of cultural

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...ey require intelligent decisions that attracted me to follow the challenge to find my solutions in the construction of this type of furniture. Chair and table rotated to two different heights:

Read here about augmented reality applications relevant to tensegrity research. ...niversity. The lab developed a new method, incorporating AR/MR technology, to help with constructing tensegrity structures. During the 2013 demonstration

Read here about tensegrity concepts as they relate to the tree. A tree is considered here to be any plant with the general form of an elongated stem, or trunk, which su

...consumes only 26,156,578 btu and emits only 3,246 Lb of CO2. This compares to the average house in Illinois that measures 2051 square feet and consumes 6 We use sensor data to transform standardized assemblies into highly contextual ones via responsiv

Read here about nexorades, a type of structure that, due to its interwoven nature, shares many features with tensegrity structures. ...us Roelofs was a leading researcher in these structures, tracing them back to a drawing in Leonardo Da Vinci's notebooks.

To read about the design and creation of this pavilion, see [[Underwood Pavili [[Category:Portal to Architecture]]

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...bagel, or hemorrhoid cushion. the round, ring-like form formal name given to the "doughnut" form, being a circumference [[file:Tension Pavilion Grasshopper Model.jpg|thumb|500px|none|A torus, bent to support fabric, is formed by 24 3-strut tensegrity prisms. Vision at the Lo

...nsegrity system. The 131 bars are various lengths and do not touch, opting to create a synthesis of skin and structure via a system of sewn-on sheaths th ...mbrane screens off 80% of the UV radiation, but allows 50% of the daylight to pass through, the softly filtered light creates a fascinating spatial impre

...one|The building was clad in steam, avoiding the need to attached cladding to the tensile web.]] [[Category:Portal to Architecture]]

...week. It has been designed to be suitable for external use and is designed to resist 75mph winds. ...r guy ropes. Pioneering research into the system by Fuller and Snelson led to a series of sculptural experiments, but pure tensegrity has rarely been uti

...week. It has been designed to be suitable for external use and is designed to resist 75mph winds. ...r guy ropes. Pioneering research into the system by Fuller and Snelson led to a series of sculptural experiments, but pure tensegrity has rarely been uti

...inson wrote about lightness [1], below are excerpts of that essay relevant to tensegrity. ...als on a sunny day has inspired architects of past and current generations to incorporate water into their designs. Reflecting pools can add lightness an

...s. The idea has been applied to a broad range of phenomena from philosophy to cellular mechanics. ...is dedicated to explaining tensegrity, this page mostly consists of links to other pages with more details.

...tline: The main mechanism of vertebral manipulation in current practice is to take a segmented approach. Recent experience in manual medicine and movemen [[Category:Portal to Languages]]

...escribes the motion of objects without consideration of the causes leading to the motion. ..., being structures that can change their morphology, or shape, in response to control signals.

...m members such as Isotopia and Sputnik compare the noise of foil and mylar to "living in an electrical storm the whole time with the way the mylar made c ...to the knit or woven fiber network. Google "DIY sail makers" to learn how to tape the corners correctly for the load and grommet. The sail making articl

...2004. Her goal was to trace Fuller's activities and reveal how he decided to design and promote the Dymaxion House. Professor Rosemarie Haag Bletter, Ci ...ognition Award] in her name. It is granted to a member who has contributed to the growth and success of the Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Assoc

This page contains photographs related to the 99 Failures Pavilion project undertaken by the University of Tokyo Digi To read more about the project, read the [[99 Failures Pavilion by University

...egui]] wrote, Emmerich, probably inspired by Ioganson's structure, started to study different kinds of structures as tensile prisms and more complex tens [[Category:Portal to Architecture]]

...esign process, the designers repeatedly tested different structural models to find a geometry that could smoothly transition from a flat, two-dimensional ...al component was carefully spaced apart to allow light to pass through and to minimize the impact of wind loads.

...</nowiki>), University of Salerno, Italy: CAD model of a tensegrity column to be 3D printed through Electron Beam Melting (EBM) in the Ti6Al4V titanium a Click this page to read about it: [[Project_2021]]

...scalators] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladder ladders]. Alternatives to stairways are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator elevators], [http://en ...stellated steel beams receive the cable ends and transfer the loading over to the main building-structure columns." [1]

...maximum possible score and was published. Since then he has been invited to hold workshops, lectures and seminars in the following places: ...the article 'Harmony in Space' on the book Faces of Geometry. From Agnesi to Mirzakhani. Springer, 2019. November 2019: Casalincontrada (CH), CED Terra

...s, and ridge cables, thus deploying a pre-stressed tensegrity design. True to its tensegrity deployment, PTFE panels will be added as cladding, and will ...s, and ridge cables, thus deploying a pre-stressed tensegrity design. True to its tensegrity deployment, PTFE panels will be added as cladding, and will

...reinforced concrete are exceptions to this rule.) Hence, a large stiffness-to-mass ratio can be achieved by increasing the use of tensile members. [1] ...longitudinal members arranged in very unusual (and nonorthogonal) patterns to achieve strength with small mass. Another way in which tensegrity systems b

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...ed as the "father of space structures." In 1951, at 57, he came to America to conduct "experiments in structure" workshops at Illinois-Urbana, North Caro ...the individual structures to be built on or above or below the earth, but to the ways they might change the nature of cities and the circulation of huma

...and passing them rhythmically over and under one another, it was possible to produce material useful for all sorts of things... Weaving and tensegrity s ...h, wool, cotton and linen "tension-harnessing technologies", and you begin to grasp their importance. The truest high technologies are tension structures

...against disability access requirements and approach structure clearances. To find a clash-free solution for superstructure geometry, the team--[http://w ...ending and axial compression, and is stiffened laterally with what appears to be conventional bracing. There are several locations where struts interconn

Use this page to access videos about tensegrity. For a more complete catalog, visit our vide * CAD (computer aided design) videos, about utilizing CAD tools to work with tensegrity models. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGaKVU8ikPc&l

...accommodate common, expected affordances such as seats, doors, and shelves to contain, organize or just co-exist with other household goods and activitie ...ection at the MoMA in New York; this museum dedicated a special exhibition to him in 1969. The 713/714 Tensegrity tables designed for Cassina have been i

...ity since 2010. Passionate of lightweight structural systems, he committed to explore and challenge boundaries between arts, computer technology and manu ...ipal of ''ACCED Technologies NLIT'', firm based in Rotterdam and dedicated to R&D of tensegrity applicability.

...uller the public figure had gone from being an entrepreneur with a product to being a visionary with an idea. He had become Bucky Fuller. =Relationship To Tensegrity=

...]]objected to the nautical associations of mast, seeing them as peripheral to the main concept of tensegrity. Levin wrote: "According to Wikipedia et al, a beam withstands loads primarily by resisting bending. As

...the visible aspects of structure, which convention forced most architects to adopt variations of the cube. ...finitive article (see reference [1]) with some occasional references added to tensegrity. Henderson's book, "The Fourth Dimension" is highly recommended

...in all air-breathing [[Animals|animals]]. The lung's structure has evolved to efficiently enable gas exchange between biological cells and the atmosphere ...the lungs, it is necessary to discuss the passage of air through the mouth to the alveoli. Once air progresses through the mouth or nose, it travels thro

...ity structure, and tensegrity mechanics at the cellular level is now close to replacing all previous mechanical models of the cell. ...cover technologies ranging from new cancer drugs and drug-screening assays to medical devices, micromanufacturing techniques, and computer software.

...ity structure, and tensegrity mechanics at the cellular level is now close to replacing all previous mechanical models of the cell. ...cover technologies ranging from new cancer drugs and drug-screening assays to medical devices, micromanufacturing techniques, and computer software.

...and use of pressurized gas in structures and manufactured devices, usually to affect mechanical motion. ...pneumatic tires. Pneumatics are also used in dynamic tensegrity structures to extend and collapse adjustable length struts.

Read here about the application of tensegrity principles to tents. ...shelter consisting of [[fabric]] or other material draped over or attached to a [[frame]]. First used as portable homes by nomadic peoples, tents are now

...acle. Read here about bridges built according to tensegrity principles, or to view images of such bridges. ....html|Happy Pontist wrote], "tensegrity still throws down a huge challenge to the structural designer - conventional habits of design, both in terms of s

...had agreed to teach at the 1948 summer session at Black Mountain, but had to cancel at the last minute. David Louis Sterrett Brook [1] relates the follo ...ived two weeks after the session opened. Only two days later, Albers wrote to Goldberg thanking him for sending Fuller, who the previous evening had give

Read here about a radio tower designed according to tensegrity priniciples. ...competition to design a new landmark for Santiago, Chile: an antenna tower to be placed on the summit of San Cristobal Hill, in the heart of the city. Th

...g. Textile refers to any material made of interlacing fibres. Cloth refers to a finished piece of fabric that can be used for a purpose such as covering ...material that has very low compressive strength and is primarily intended to function under tension.

...al Design Build Studio consisting of eight graduate students. Its goal was to develop a portable pavilion for the University’s hometown of Muncie, Indi ...explore the possibility of more irregular tensegrity systems which respond to new sets of parameters in the future.

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...ral]] are leading researchers on the topic, harnessing tensegrity in order to implement flexibility, dynamism and light-weighting in their robotic struct Selected readings that discuss the application of tensegrity to the field of robotics.

...ilt to serve a practical purpose and add a unique element of modern design to both residential and commercial spaces. ...-- "floating compression". Incidentally, this piece is our smallest table to date. When I was a bartender, a busboy -- named Kenneth -- who looked like

Read here about an abstract concept that relates to tensegrity research. ...sses how tensegrity informs our conception of opposition, hence it relates to the ancient idea of yin yang, and vice a versa, yin yang can inform our res

...l works, composed of flexible and rigid components, are arranged according to the idea of tensegrity. He invented tensegrity while studying with [[Fuller ...and [[Levin, Stephen M.|Levin]] credit viewing Snelson's [[Needle Tower]] to inspiring them in this way.

...andards exist for specific industry application tubing, tube is often made to custom sizes and a broader range of diameters and tolerances. Many industri Pipe sizes can be confusing because the terminology may relate to historical dimensions. For example, a half-inch iron pipe does not have any

...utions that reflected his commitment to the potential of innovative design to create technology that does "more with less" and thereby improves human liv Fuller inspired [[Snelson, Kenneth|Snelson]] to discover tensegrity, worked to perfect its basic forms, and promoted it as a universal model of structure.

=MERO's Work prior to the Tower= ...eel needle, hung by ropes from the top prism, adding an additional 12.50 m to the tower. The tower was founded on a concrete base and foundation piles wi

...rity in 1948, clear lines of influence can be traced from Ioganson's death to Black Mountain College. Karl Ioganson was born Kārlis Johansons in Cesis, Latvia. Owing to transliterations from his native language his name is usually spelled "Karl

...garet Fuller (1810-50) since he sees her books on the bookshelves, but due to lingering improprieties and a mixed feeling about how Ms. Fuller behaved, h ...develops into the Chronofile: a chronological collection that is intended to document the entire life of RBF in model fashion. [Note: YPS notes the date

A chronology of events and publications relating to the history and advance of tensegrity. ...ystem, called "Gleichgewichtkonstruktion". The relevance of this sculpture to tensegrity is disputed and was only uncovered in retrospect.

=Essay: Relation of Fascial System to Tensegrity= ...fabric’ within the outer myofascial bag connected down onto, and thus able to move, the inner bag.