Windstalk. Competition Entry. Masdar. U.A.E. Atelier DNA. 2010

Our project consists of 1203 stalks, 55 meters high, anchored on the ground with concrete bases that range between 10 to 20 meters in diameter. The stalks are made of carbon fiber reinforced resin poles, 30 cm in diameter at the base and 5 cm at the top. The top 50 cm of the poles are lit up by an LED lamp that glows and dims depending on how much the poles are swaying in the wind. When there is no wind–when the poles are still–the lights go dark.
Within each hollow pole is a stack of piezoelectric ceramic discs. Between the ceramic disks are electrodes. Every other electrode is connected to each other by a cable that reaches from top to bottom of each pole. One cable connects the even electrodes, and another cable connects the odd ones. When the wind sways the poles, the stack of piezoelectric disks is forced into compression, thus generating a current through the electrodes.

http://atelierdna.com/?p=144

Bamboo Structure Project

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.

from http://reallifeiselsewhere.blogspot.com/2010/12/bamboo-structure-project.html

Mobile Chaplet. North Dakota. Moorhead & Moorhead

Constructed on a trailer bed, the vaulted canopy is composed of over 200 thirty-foot long thermoplastic composite rods. A bench floats above the trailer bed supported by the rods which also act as a backrest for the bench.

Project: Mobile Chaplet
Location: Fargo, North Dakota
Architect: Moorhead & Moorhead with Richard Moorhead

from: http://plusmood.com/2009/06/mobile-chaplet-moorhead-moorhead/

Links

http://thegeometryofbending.blogspot.com/
http://vimeo.com/album/199263Prof. YM's photostream

Jeffersonian Serpentine Wall. University of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson.

These walls are called "serpentine" because they run a sinusoidal course, one that lends strength to the wall and allows for the wall to be only one brick thick, one of many innovations by which Jefferson attempted to combine aesthetics with utility.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Virginia
http://agoraphilia.blogspot.com/2006/03/jeffersons-wall-take-two.html

Pavilion for the 11th Prague Quadrennial. OCEAN NORTH and Scheffler + Partner. 2007

Ruled surfaces. Elastic string.
http://www.achimmenges.net/

Wind Shape. N-architects/SCAD collaboration. LaCoste, France. 2006

Two eight metre high pavilions that change with the wind. White plastic pipes, aluminum collars, white polypropylene string.

Knot Chair. Marcel Wanders. 1996.

Aramide braid with carbon centre, knotted and impregnated with epoxy and hung in a frame to harden.