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the plans for an outdoor shelter

Scans of a collapsible structure designed by Charles Hoberman in 1994. This is supposed to be a portable viewing set-up for video. He was commissioned to design this for the Long Beach Museum of Art under a grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation. It is a self supporting structure that includes an expandable screen, light-shield, and supports for electronic equipment.

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the diagram shows different tables and stools that could be used to create an unusual table

Description BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a radial-hinge mechanism and, more specifically, a radial-hinge mechanism that includes a plurality of elongated interwoven elements. A variety of prior art devices have utilized elongated elements to form a structure. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,731,962 discloses a compression-tension unit for use in a tensile-integrity structure or in combination with similar compression-tension units in such a structure. This…

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two identical umbrellas are shown in black and white

Image 5 of 6 from gallery of AD Architecture School Guide: Brussels Faculty of Engineering [Bruface]. Kinematic Form Active Structures for architectural applications. Image Courtesy of www.vub.ac.be

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a group of people standing in front of a large wooden structure with green leaves on it

Inspired by flowering processes in nature, Motion proposes a structure that imitates a flower’s opening and closing movements to achieve both a dynamic and natural balance. As the whole design, the…

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several pieces of wood sitting on top of a green cutting board next to each other

This project aims to explore a structural system for a deployable roof structure based on the existing joint, QuaDror. This joint was chosen as an object of study as it allowed the structure to be …

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a white umbrella sitting on top of a wooden table next to a wall with shelves

Cornell architecture undergrads Jimmy Chen and Jennifer Wang made this scale model of the Cutty Sark Pavilion for their structures assignment. We’re impressed that they so faithfully reverse engineered the building through their own parametric model. Nice work!

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