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The Kurilpa Bridge (originally known as the Tank Street Bridge) is a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The bridge connects Kurilpa Point in South Brisbane to Tank Street in the Brisbane central business district. In 2011, the bridge was judged World Transport Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival.
Baulderstone Queensland Pty Ltd constructed the bridge and the company’s design team included Cox Rayner Architects and Arup Engineers. The bridge was opened on 4 October 2009 by Queensland Premier Anna Bligh.
Kurilpa Bridge is the world’s largest hybrid tensegrity bridge. Only the horizontal spars conform to tensegrity principles.
A public competition was held to decide on a new name for the bridge. On 23 November 2008 it was announced that the winning entry was Kurilpa Bridge. The name reflects the Australian Aboriginal word for the South Brisbane and West End area, and means "place for water rats".
As part of her series Diversifolia– which in the scientific names of plants indicates a single species possessed with a considerable variety of leaf, 'Crocodylius Philodendrus' employs clusters of bouquet like arrangements comprised out of a variety of animal forms that explode into space in all directions. Her calculated compositions employ a structural property called “tensegrity,” wherein individual parts are arranged in balanced compression and secured with tensile cables, that galvanizes the aluminium crocodiles, hogs and deer, cast iron tortoises, and bronze zebras into purely formal, abstract components as they propel into space due to their aggregate momentum. Circumnavigating her towering assemblage reveals the transformation of found objects and industrial refuse into expertly orchestrated abstractions that are fluid and rhizomatic in nature.
The Three Rings was a triple tensegrity tourist trap on Tywyn II. It was famous throughout Classic Space and attracted large numbers of sightseers and scientists.
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What? Lego tensegrity models have already stopped being fashionable? Oh no!
As always, I tend to build what's fun for me. The idea that this whole structure is made from loose links of track & chain amused me. One of these days I'll use my Technic tracks on an actual vehicle...
A year ago, Lego tensegrity was the trendiest thing to build, but it wasn’t until recently that I had a chance to make my own take. I bought some transparent clear non-production chains from Bricklink to make the floating illusion more realistic. The chains only came in the long size, so in place of the short chain on a typical tensegrity model, I made my model symmetrical so only the long chains were required. I also wanted to make the balance functional, but the laws of physics harshly forbid such.
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1977 Kenneth Snelson tensegrity sculpture "Easy Landing" in front of the Maryland Science Center. The blue neon wave across the Inner Harbor is the National Aquarium.
The Kurilpa Bridge (originally known as the Tank Street Bridge) is a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The bridge connects Kurilpa Point in South Brisbane to Tank Street in the Brisbane central business district. In 2011, the bridge was judged World Transport Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival.
Baulderstone Queensland Pty Ltd constructed the bridge and the company’s design team included Cox Rayner Architects and Arup Engineers. The bridge was opened on 4 October 2009 by Queensland Premier Anna Bligh.
Kurilpa Bridge is the world’s largest hybrid tensegrity bridge. Only the horizontal spars conform to tensegrity principles.
A public competition was held to decide on a new name for the bridge. On 23 November 2008 it was announced that the winning entry was Kurilpa Bridge. The name reflects the Australian Aboriginal word for the South Brisbane and West End area, and means "place for water rats".
The Owl's Lullaby
Carlos Castaneda's Tensegrity Second Gate of Dreaming
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSwkX3T_bQo&app=desktop
Also a wonderful link a friend showed me, where you can watch new owlets, born this spring, coming along in their new world....The Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Great Horned Owls and Owlets
I know everyone here is fed up with the tensegrity thing... but I had this, waiting for a clean shot for a few days, so here's a little bit more!
This is my version of this quite magical balancing act. The same magic that was working when I was playing with my Space Classic sets a while ago! ;-)
Because the "spaceship-go-up" molecule must come from somewhere.
Also, holy crap this is the first single day build I have completed in a long time
As part of our Thursday Photography Group we walked across the Kurilpa Bridge - on of my favorite bridges, as the masts remind me of the masts of sailing ships that would have been there in the days of the city's settlement.
The Kurilpa Bridge, originally named the Tank Street Bridge, is a pedestrian and cycling bridge connecting Kurilpa Point to Tank Street in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In 2011, the bridge was judged the winner of World Transport Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival.
The bridge provides access for the public connecting two central areas of Brisbane - from the central business district to the cultural hub where the Museum of Modern Art is located. The bridge features two large viewing and relaxation platforms, two rest areas, and a continuous all-weather canopy for the entire length of the bridge. The canopy is supported by a secondary tensegrity structure.
Kurilpa Bridge is the world's largest hybrid tensegrity bridge. Only the horizontal spars conform to tensegrity principles, using a multiple-mast, cable-stay structure. The Kurilpa Bridge utilises renowned architect, Richard Buckminster Fuller's principle of tensegrity producing a synergy between balanced tension and compression components to create a light structure that is incredibly strong.
Brisbane, AUSTRÀLIA 2023
The Kurilpa Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist bridge that spans the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Australia. It opened in 2009 and is notable for its unique architectural design based on tensegrity principles. The bridge connects the central business district (CBD) with the South Bank Parklands, facilitating active transport. It offers impressive views of the city skyline and the river. At night, the bridge is illuminated by an elaborate system of colour-changing LED lights. Its name, "Kurilpa," comes from a local Aboriginal word meaning "place of water rats." The bridge's design minimises its environmental impact. It has received several awards for its innovative design and sustainability. It is a significant link for pedestrians and cyclists in the city.
Designed to swoop down from space to a planetary surface, hover and disgorge a squad of space marines into the heart of battle; the IFHV is equipped with dual cannons to secure the landing site during decent and support the troops when on the ground.
When I was a teenager I built plastic models of tanks, and I’ve always retained a soft spot them so decided to build a sci-fi armoured vehicle out of LEGO. I came up with the idea of a sort of Higgins-boat-in-space which would “hover” from the ramp at the front (long before the whole tensegrity thing…) via a mechanism concealed in the base that allows the angle to be tweaked to prevent it drooping. Quite pleased with that as well as the camouflage scheme and the landscape on the diorama.
A little artistic slide featuring Kenneth Snelson's Needle Tower (1968) as seen at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. Mixed with a shot of Katharina Fritsch's "Hahn/Cock" or the big blue chicken atop the National Gallery of Art. Maybe a hint of stairs and a little understated texture from Mark Bradford's Pickett’s Charge also on view at the Hirshhorn.
Happy Slider Sunday - HSS
Designed to swoop down from space to a planetary surface, hover and disgorge a squad of space marines into the heart of battle; the IFHV is equipped with dual cannons to secure the landing site during decent and support the troops when on the ground.
When I was a teenager I built plastic models of tanks, and I’ve always retained a soft spot them so decided to build a sci-fi armoured vehicle out of LEGO. I came up with the idea of a sort of Higgins-boat-in-space which would “hover” from the ramp at the front (long before the whole tensegrity thing…) via a mechanism concealed in the base that allows the angle to be tweaked to prevent it drooping. Quite pleased with that as well as the camouflage scheme and the landscape on the diorama.
"Is this where you live?" Captain Cookie asked.
The monkey nodded.
"Looks ok to me" the Captain continued: "I bet those big cats can't get up here."
The monkey smiled: "Cats don't understand physics."
From Wikipedia:
Tensegrity, tensional integrity or floating compression is a structural principle based on a system of isolated components under compression inside a network of continuous tension, and arranged in such a way that the compressed members (usually bars or struts) do not touch each other while the prestressed tensioned members (usually cables or tendons) delineate the system spatially.
The planet of Torus 1.5 was famous throughout the galactic disc for this strange structure. It appeared to defy gravity. Visitors came from far and wide to view and study the structure and made of the majority of the planet's economy.
Was the structure the work of a canny entrepreneur with a talent for structural engineering or an ancient alien artefact? Nobody knew...
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This a Lego tensegrity structure, inspired by Steve Mould's short video, over on YouTube. The video reminded me of a structure I built when tensegrity was a short-lived Lego fashion. Technically its predecessor was a series of stacked pendula.
There are more images on Instagram.
A selfmade project and for the fun a solar panel and engine. Thanks for the visit have a wonderful day
When I first saw the Tensegrity phenomenon (like everyone I imagine) I wanted to make my version!
I tried something based on the sculpture of JKBrickworks but in a theme that I particularly like as you already know! It made me think of the boss level of the Arkham City game against Ras Al Ghul!
Thanks for my friend Greg who made this render ! :D
Building Instructions available on Rebrickable :
rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-40913/BricksFeeder/tensegrity-la...
Designed to swoop down from space to a planetary surface, hover and disgorge a squad of space marines into the heart of battle; the IFHV is equipped with dual cannons to secure the landing site during decent and support the troops when on the ground.
When I was a teenager I built plastic models of tanks, and I’ve always retained a soft spot them so decided to build a sci-fi armoured vehicle out of LEGO. I came up with the idea of a sort of Higgins-boat-in-space which would “hover” from the ramp at the front (long before the whole tensegrity thing…) via a mechanism concealed in the base that allows the angle to be tweaked to prevent it drooping. Quite pleased with that as well as the camouflage scheme and the landscape on the diorama.
Still a little bit of a work in progress. Getting the lines properly positioned, able to support that much weight, keep it all balanced, all while keeping the illusion that it is floating, is no small task.
So, for now, this build remains a work in progress - but spasceship Tensegrity is taking off.
Still a little bit of a work in progress. Getting the lines properly positioned, able to support that much weight, keep it all balanced, all while keeping the illusion that it is floating, is no small task.
So, for now, this build remains a work in progress - but spasceship Tensegrity is taking off.
From Wikipedia:
Tensegrity, tensional integrity or floating compression is a structural principle based on a system of isolated components under compression inside a network of continuous tension, and arranged in such a way that the compressed members (usually bars or struts) do not touch each other while the prestressed tensioned members (usually cables or tendons) delineate the system spatially.
MOC built for: Color it Blacktron Contest 6 - Category 3: Base
This is a small hovering base deployed on a planet and listening to any useful information. It is equipped with many sensors and antennae on long arms (to avoid interference). Base is anchored to the ground and crew can use the winch to get supplies from the ground, like the power rods that just arrived.
LEGO Tensegrity structures are quite popular now, so here comes one more. The base is wiggling and floating above the rock almost unnaturally and it is quite fun.
The contest pages (flickr and blog) are here: www.flickr.com/groups/blacktron/discuss/72157714018296927...
This was embodied using only LEGO parts.
It is a artwork that depicts a "Blue Whale(white-beard whale)" that freely swims break through the clouds.
Kinetic Art structure that uses the center of gravity.
You can see the detailed movements in the links and comments below.
LEGO IDEAS : "FLYING WHALE" - Description
YOUTUBE : "FLYING WHALE" - Video