Image 8 of 14 from gallery of How Do Tensile Structures Work and What Materials Can Be Used?. Photograph by Christopher Frederick Jones
Image 4 of 13 from gallery of Tensile Structures: 11 Edgy Images Under Strain. Photograph by Roland Halbe
Whilst at university I did a small research project into the tensile structures by Frei Otto. I made numerous tensile structures of my own using similar methods to Frei Otto. The models pictured above were produced with tights. This is a very effective way of producing interesting tensile forms. I have continued exploring the Kangaroo plugin for Grasshopper and have been able to produce very similar tensile forms digitally to those which I produced physically. There is a further plugin required to produce such forms called Weaverbird. Below is video of the simulation produced with the software. The final 3D models had a neat mesh and were fairly effective at imitating the real life behaviour of the tensile models I made. Below are a few images of the final tensile mesh, thanks to the Grasshopper Kangaroo Weaverbird software.
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