IASSAnnualSymposium2019–StructuralMembranes2019FormandForce
7–10October2019,Barcelona,Spain
BeTAPavilion[BiotensegrityTextileAssemblies]
DianeDavis-Sikora*a,RuiLiua,LindaOhrn-McDanielb
aCollegeofArchitectureandEnvironmentalDesign,KentStateUniversity132S.LincolnSt.Kent,OH44242
bTheFashionSchool,KentStateUniversity201EErieStb,Kent,OH44242
AbstractBorninart,thetensegritylogicshasbeenadvancedindisciplinesfromarchitectureandhumananatomy.Biotensegrityprinciples introduceanadaptive, ‘living’structuralmodelcharacterizedby networks of interconnected components and tendons with a shape adaptive capacity.Bending-active isanapproach to form forceequilibria thatadoptsactivelycurvingbeamsandsurfaceswithintheirelasticranges.BeTA Pavilion explores the formal opportunities of biotensegrity logics using elastically bentglassfiberreinforcedplasticrodsandCNCkittedtextiles.Itsbending-activesystems(inspiredbyvertebraetypologies)iscomprisedofpre-stressedandself-stabilizedtetrahedronmodulesthatare arrayed and sequenced to produce structural equilibrium with a bandwidth of dynamicmotion.This paper will summarize the conceptual development, material detailing, fabrication anditerativeform-findingprocessesforthepavilionformulatedthroughsystemsthinking.
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