from http://www.archdaily.com/30329/afterparty-ps1-2009-installation-mos-architects/
catenary research by MOS http://applets.mos-office.net/MOScat/
Park Avenue Armory launched its first commissioned art installation with anthropodino, a large-scale, interactive sculpture by world-renowned artist, Ernesto Neto. Using hundreds of yards of translucent material, Neto suspends a gigantic canopy from the drill hall’s latticework truss, spanning 120 feet wide and 180 feet long. Magnificent, aromatic “fabric stalactites” descend 60 feet to embrace a vast labyrinth of passageways and rooms.


seventy bamboos were used in the construction of the structure with two bamboos completing a curve from one side to the other side of the project. the bamboo was cut two days prior to use to ensure that it was soft and flexible during construction - it would subsequently become rigid once built. it is possible to keep the bamboo alive after construction so that the structure remains green and supple.

