A most Unique bridge, me thinks...Originally known as the Tank St. Bridge, it was finished in 2009. A pedestrian bridge, it is built on the principal of Tensegrity, tensional integrity or floating compression, which was championed by author and Anthropologist Carlos Castaneda.

Photo by Rocco S. Cetera

Taken during The Great Saunter 2011

Waterfront of Manhattan's West Side

New York City

May 7, 2011 10:00 AM

Tensegrity roof. Thanks to Bucky Fuller

and tensegrity.

Provenance project Art & Design level 3. Deployable structures, changing shape in size and form. Like an umbrella, Thinking about tensegrity and biostable structures. This was one of my most enjoyable projects at college as it allowed me to express my ideas through engineering and structure. Sketchbook drawings and Cad drawing. Process of short project.

Tensegrity Kampenhout

2 inches high. Swarovski pearls and crystals, Hematite, mikuki beads, matsuno beads, fireline 6 lb test. super solid. Not wiggly anywhere.

The large roof structure of the ship's bottom is dynamically expressed in black and white.

Tensegrity

Tensegrity

Tensegrity

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Tensegrity Kampenhout

2 inches high. Swarovski pearls and crystals, Hematite, mikuki beads, matsuno beads, fireline 6 lb test. super solid. Not wiggly anywhere.

The duo's acoustic incarnation was like Ween meets They Might Be Giants -- smart, low-key and endearingly silly with tight harmonies.

CNC models fabricated as study models for Between Space Tensegrity Hammock project

Looking out my Sierra Designs Tensegrity 2 FL as the morning sun filters through the trees.

künstl. Projekt- Rauminstallation - schräger "tensegrity" Turm

Tensegrity

Tensegrity

Tensegrity

Tensegrity

Tensegrity

Glass beads, and nymo, and fireline.

Pendant measures 1 2/3 inches.