This chapter brings attention to the concept of tensegrity and its applications, situating the design of these structures in the era of parametric architecture. The tensegrity structures present interesting peculiarities, for example, extreme lightness accompanied by surprising structural rigidity. The representation of the algorithm for the tensegrity structures comes both from the polyhedra and from the plane tessellations. Each tessellation or polyhedric form has its speci c representation but through a single representative algorithm, it is possible to generate a tensegrity structure. This structure is composed of poles and cables; which are the corners of another polyhedron. The new solid perfectly re ects the description of a trans- polyhedra, that is a solid of transition between the initial solid and its dual. In this way, it is possible to a rm that trans-polyhedra represents the tensegrity, and even in the eld of plane tessellation there is the same correspondence between the trans-tessellations and plain tensegrity.

Drawing tensegrity, discovering transpoliedra

Bianconi Fabio;Filippucci Marco
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Margutti Matteo;Stramaccia Margherita
2017

Abstract

This chapter brings attention to the concept of tensegrity and its applications, situating the design of these structures in the era of parametric architecture. The tensegrity structures present interesting peculiarities, for example, extreme lightness accompanied by surprising structural rigidity. The representation of the algorithm for the tensegrity structures comes both from the polyhedra and from the plane tessellations. Each tessellation or polyhedric form has its speci c representation but through a single representative algorithm, it is possible to generate a tensegrity structure. This structure is composed of poles and cables; which are the corners of another polyhedron. The new solid perfectly re ects the description of a trans- polyhedra, that is a solid of transition between the initial solid and its dual. In this way, it is possible to a rm that trans-polyhedra represents the tensegrity, and even in the eld of plane tessellation there is the same correspondence between the trans-tessellations and plain tensegrity.
2017
9781522539933
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