STRANGE TENSEGRITY TABLE 3 by DDAA LAB
Prototype
Strange Tensegrity Table 3 | DDAA LAB | photography: Kenta Hasegawa
DESIGN NOTE
a table with tensegrity system
A branch like art, anchored in the hollow
photography : 2id Architects
words : Reiji Yamakura/IDREIT
Daisuke Motogi from DDAA/DDAA LAB has designed a table named ` Strange Tensegrity Table 3’. This prototype is the third model in a series of ‘Strange Tensegrity Table’ using a tensegrity system stabilized by tension elements with compression elements.
Regarding the design concept, Motoki said, “By floating the tree branches fixed with wires in the hollow, we intended to make them an object to be appreciated like art. In a normal tensegrity system, there should be three vertical members and three horizontal members. However, we created a strange structure with only two horizontal members, and carefully arranged each member precisely after structural analysis.”
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DETAIL
For one of the horizontal members, a branch called ‘Shareboku’ was used. The structural analysis was done with an architect Toshikatsu Kiuchi.
CREDIT + INFO
Name: Strange Tensegrity Table 3
Design: Daisuke Motogi, Kazuya Sumida, Yohei Yamada / DDAA LAB
Manufacturer: DDAA LAB
Completion: September 2019
Material: stainless steel pipe, wire, glass, ‘Shareboku’ branch
Size: W1200, D2000, H908
