Special Projects Deployability. Deployability STRUCTURE This deployable system combines two types of connections that allows for a locally responsive deployment. The scissor joint, the first connection type, has one degree of movement. The opposing top and bottom joints are connected by one strut which forces a simultaneous movement between every top and bottom connection in the system. A structure built with purely scissor joints is limited to even, global deployment. The half scissor joint, the second connection type, has one degree of movement but the top and bottom joints do not need to deploy at the same rate. A structure built with purely half scissor joints only deploys at the point of stimulus. SURFACE The surface for this structure is an adaptation of a Ron Resch’s triangular deployable surface.
The Ron Resch surface was redesigned to connect to the underlying structure with these hexagonal joints. RESEARCH Deployable structure is understood through its surface packing and its part to part connections. Michigan taubmancollege. Project Title The Stratus Project Faculty Geoff Thün and Kathy Velikov Project Abstract The Stratus Project develops a kinetic interior envelope, seemingly alive with sensors and intelligence, set into motion based on sensory input to affect the atmosphere that it surrounds, and in continual information exchange and dialogue with breather and environment. The first prototype is comprised of a thickly arrayed suspended textile consisting of a tensegrity-based structural weave, diffusing membranes and breathing cells. Research Topics Environmental Design, Serial Fabrication, Responsive Systems, New Material Assemblies and Interactive Media. Project Goals The Stratus Project and its surrounding research aims to attune our attention to our immediate air-based environment and to the physical conditions that produce it.
Project Findings As a seed project, the development of a fully operational prototype has been of great value to the overall work. Construction Methods, Materials Used, Research. Dynamic 3D Models of Tensegrity Structures. Structured Creature by Yosuke Ushigome. Tensegrity - dynamics. Kn diploma project.