TENSOR : Integration of Tensegrity and Origami to Generate Hybrid Structural Morphologies

This research re-evaluated the relationship between origami and tensegrity through computational means. Objective of this study is to study how geometrical principles of origami and structural principles of tensegrity can be integrated together to generate hybrid structural system through digital investigation. Origami folding has potential of developing deployable, reconfigurable structural system, where materiality plays a major role in the design. These techniques are researched using algorithmic tools and mathematics to attend geometric precision and complexity. With the help of simulation, certain origami folds had potential to integrate with tensegrity modules, where geometry is stabilized by adding another parameter will generate hybrid structural system.