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Después del Domo / Claudio Torres Salazar + Yuji Harada + Clarita Reutter Susaeta + Emile Straub

Rayen Sagredo — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 14:00:00 +0000

The History of a Pavilion
For 7 years, once a year, the construction of an unprecedented place has been celebrated in Santiago de Chile. These places come and they go. Truckloads of dirt, bundles of wicker, live corn plants enter and leave the park Parque Araucano... Nobody knows exactly what is hatching but it is certain that once again the park will surprise the visitors with something new.

Tensegrity Structures: What They Are and What They Can Be

Matheus Pereira — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 08:00:00 +0000

Through his extensive research, inventions and structural experiments, Buckminster Fuller created the term tensegrity to describe "self-tensioning structures composed of rigid structures and cables, with forces of traction and compression, which form an integrated whole" [1]. In other words, tensegrity is the property demonstrated by a system that employs cables (traction) and rigidity of other elements (usually steel, wood or bamboo) capable of acting under the intrinsic stresses (traction and compression) together and simultaneously, giving greater resistance and formal stability. It creates an interconnected structure that works biologically like muscles and bones, where one element strengthens the other.

PVC Pipes and Umbrellas Come Together in Vibrant Dandelion-esque Dome in Singapore

Tessa Forde — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Dande-lier – a pavilion designed for the Marina Bay waterfront promenade in Singapore uses PVC pipes and translucent umbrellas to form a reciprocal dome – reimagining everyday items as architectural components. The result is an ethereal shelter, referential of the commonly seen umbrella in Singapore and resembling a dandelion from afar. At night the project becomes a chandelier, lit up in an array of colors.

This Adjustable Tensegrity Structure is Constructed From Just Two Structural Elements

Fabian Dejtiar — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 08:00:00 +0000

This investigation by Kuan-Ting Lai, developed as part of his thesis on Reconfigurable Systems of Tensegrity at the University of Stuttgart, is an exploration of the capabilities of structural principles in creating transformable architectural structures.