Preliminary report of design and construction of a tensegrity tower and a pentagonal skeleton supporting a membrane roof
Author(s): |
Ken'ichi Kawaguchi
Keisuke Mizutani |
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Medium: | conference paper |
Language(s): | English |
Conference: | Interfaces: Architecture, Engineering, Science, Annual Meeting of the International Association of Shell & Spatial Structures (IASS), Hamburg, 25-27 September 2017 |
Published in: | Interfaces: Architecture . Engineering . Science |
Year: | 2017 |
Abstract: | A summary of design and construction of two tensegrity skeletons supporting a membrane roof is reported. One is a tower and the other is a pentagonal pyramid type tensegrities. Prestress distribution and its introduction have been carefully designed so that we can adjust them manually at the site. |