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"Drop-Stitch" Aerotecture Pattern Language
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| March 17, 2020, post by Dave Santos Aerotecture "Drop Stitch" Structure Fall-proof free-space! Zero-to-negative membrane curvature. Piercing tether-junctions need locking solution. See slide show- This Three-Story Cube Made of Ropes Is a Jungle Gym for Daredevils |
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Dave Santos "Drop-Stitch" Aerotecture Pattern Language Drop-stitch construction is how inflatable paddle boards and Peter Lynn's giant flag kites are shaped. In megascale inflatable architecture, the drop-stitch principle offers aerotectural possibilities to create livable spaces. Similarly, fabric "dart" structure, that distributes skin-loads in blimp envelopes and SS wings, forms ready walls and floors. Someday vast ram-valve-inflated aero-urbanism could be based on this classic tensile structural pattern-language. There would of course be ample stored AWE to maintain flight and turgor pressure in times of no wind. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turgor_pressure ] |
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