Tensegrity

Tensegrity

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Simple tensegrity structures

Tensegrity or tensional integrity or floating compression is defined as a structural principle based on a system of isolated components under compression inside a network of continuous tension, and arranged in such a way that the compressed members (usually bars, struts or bones in bio) do not touch each other while the prestressed tensioned members (usually cables or tendons) delineate the system spatially.

In architecture, tensegrity is the characteristic property of a stable three-dimensional structure consisting of members under tension that are contiguous (cables or tendons in biology) and members under compression that are not (struts or bones).

After exploring the mechanism of tensegrity I am keen to incorporate it in my work. There is a network of forces that are very relevant to my on-going exploration.