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October 06, 2005
THE WIRE WHEEL and TANSEGRITY
Both readings refer to the relationship between tension and compression, since the invention of the wire wheel and geodesic designs, inventors have been looking for ways to work around both of these relationships. They have been trying to create structures, which architectonically, were always thought to never have been able to stand on themselves, but through the ingenious designs of these inventors, they have been made possible.
I also thought that it was very interesting the fact how someone can patent these geodesic structures. The fact that these types of structures can exist, and withstand large weights, opens a whole new way to view architecture, but in many ways, some architects are still hesitant to make these kinds of structures livable, for now they are just being large sculptures, until someone dares to put one of these creations at play.
Posted by Espinosa, Carmen at October 6, 2005 09:37 PM