Tensegrity = tension + integrity.

 

Tensegrity” derives from collapsing the words “tension” and “integrity” and means that the integrity of these class of structures depends on the balance of tension within it.

 

All structures in the universe are supported by a balance between tension and compression, between “push” and “pull”. The chair sits on the floor, the lamp hangs from the ceiling – that’s all the ways to support something there are. Shear, bending, and other forces are just combinations of basic tension and compression.

 

On this project, I explored the way I can build a structure from different parts and combine them without any real connection.

In order to gather the wooden rods to each other, I've tested some ways to make them dependence on one another.

 

At first, it was by using the gravity law, but it wasn't that strong as a structure for holding clothes. 

 

Later I discover the tensegrity and started to make some tests by making structures which got me a very good result for holding weights.

 

I designed this clothe hanger based on the use of continuous tension structure.