Tensegrity Sculpture | JK Brickworks

After seeing one of these cool sculptures on reddit, I just had to build my own. They are so cool! This is built using a structural principal called tensional integrity (tensegrity for short), where all the chains are under tension due to the distribution of mass in the system. There are many ways one of these can be built. With a three chain setup like this one, the key is that for the upper part

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例のテンセグリティ・オブジェのオリジナルページ。やっぱり凄いな。レゴでこんなのが作れるんだ。まだ腑に落ちない。