TY - GEN
T1 - Tensile Configurations Exploring Spatial Membrane Tensegrity Shell Structures
AU - Tracy, Kenneth
AU - Gupta, Sachin Sean
AU - Stella, Loo Yi Ning
AU - Wen, So Jing
AU - Pal, Abhipsa
AU - Wortmann, Thomas
AU - Bamford, Robert
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Structural membranes exhibit advantages over slab and frame structures, accommodating large deformations while still elegantly combining spatial enclosure with material efficiency. One of the most promising types of membrane structures are membrane tensegrity structures, which are composed of discontinuous struts embedded in a tensile membrane. To date, membrane tensegrity structures are limited to completely closed formations or require extensive tethering, hindering their applicability for diverse architectural contexts. Here, a design framework is presented for creating self-supporting membrane tensegrity shell structures with spatial openings, enabled by novel reciprocally tessellated strut configurations. Through a combination of heuristic physical prototyping and digital formfinding tools, a library of membrane tensegrity forms has been developed that serves as tangible data for an expanded morphospace. To test the effectiveness of the established methods, a 10 m2 membrane tensegrity shell pavilion was built as a first large-scale demonstrator. Feedback from this demonstrator led to the development of computational strut tessellation tools that enable the search for informed, performance-driven design space.
AB - Structural membranes exhibit advantages over slab and frame structures, accommodating large deformations while still elegantly combining spatial enclosure with material efficiency. One of the most promising types of membrane structures are membrane tensegrity structures, which are composed of discontinuous struts embedded in a tensile membrane. To date, membrane tensegrity structures are limited to completely closed formations or require extensive tethering, hindering their applicability for diverse architectural contexts. Here, a design framework is presented for creating self-supporting membrane tensegrity shell structures with spatial openings, enabled by novel reciprocally tessellated strut configurations. Through a combination of heuristic physical prototyping and digital formfinding tools, a library of membrane tensegrity forms has been developed that serves as tangible data for an expanded morphospace. To test the effectiveness of the established methods, a 10 m2 membrane tensegrity shell pavilion was built as a first large-scale demonstrator. Feedback from this demonstrator led to the development of computational strut tessellation tools that enable the search for informed, performance-driven design space.
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M3 - Conference Proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:85085729297
T3 - Ubiquity and Autonomy - Paper Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, ACADIA 2019
SP - 110
EP - 119
BT - Ubiquity and Autonomy - Paper Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, ACADIA 2019
A2 - Bieg, Kory
A2 - Briscoe, Danelle
A2 - Odom, Clay
PB - ACADIA
T2 - 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture: Ubiquity and Autonomy, ACADIA 2019
Y2 - 24 October 2019 through 26 October 2019
ER -