Sunday 3 October 2010

Tensegrity: Skew Prism Arch

My first Tensegrity Arch, inspired by Bob Burkhardt.

This form is known as a Skew Prism Arch, deriving its name from the arrangement of the 3-Prism modules which are skewed along the central axis. The dimensions for this model were governed by the material that I will use to build it, this however imposes a few restrictions resulting in a slight variance in the alignment of the end struts (purple) that otherwise would be exact.

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Nevertheless I think it will be a rather nice model to build. I like the symmetry of the structure shown in elevation and the spatial qualities.

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