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Tensegrity - Rene Motro

Tensegrity

By: Rene Motro

Hardcover | 1 June 2003

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The word tensegrity results from the contraction of 'tensional' and 'integrity', a word created by Richard Buckminster Fuller. He went on to describe tensegrity structures as 'islands of compression in an ocean of tension', and Rene Motro has developed a comprehensive definition which is 'systems in a stable self equilibriated system comprising a discontinuous set of compressed components inside a continuum of tensioned components'. This publication represents the life work of a leading exponent of a revolutionary and exciting method of structural design.
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"Foldable Tensegrities is a topic unique to this book, since it is a result of the author's study for more than ten years. The information in this chapter may be helpful in research of deployable structures. In the final chapter on Actuality of Tensegrity he confirms that tensegrity is now applicable to architecture as an established structural system, while it can be applied to other fields as well." - Mamoru Kawaguchi, President of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures "I am convinced that this volume will go a long way toward making the concept, the theory and the practicalities of tensegrity much more accessible. The design professionals will be able to design better structures. The interested non-professionals will experience the great pleasure of being able to say I understand why the Hisshorn tower stands up." - Stefan J. Medwadowski, Past President of the IASS

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