Paper Tensegrity prototype TG3 – Diana Peña
The purpose of this document is to study the application of Tensegrity principles on
tensile textile constructions. This work studies the basic concept of Tensegrity unit,
its classification according a previous researcher (Anthony Pugh) and the author’s
contribution, focused on new generations of forms. Through the geometry and
computer software, another typology and a constructive simple method is
developed, bearing in mind, some aspects as important as system pretension to
find its balance.
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