Spodek
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Spodek is a multipurpose arena complex in Katowice, Poland, opened on 9 May 1971. Aside from the main dome, the complex includes a gym, an ice rink, a hotel and three large car parks. It was the large
The Spodek Arena in 2024
Spodek's interior during Intel Extreme Masters Katowice, 2015
Night illumination of the façade, 2016
Entrance steps and terraces around Spodek
Tensegrity
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Tensegrity, tensional integrity or floating compression is a structural principle based on a system of isolated components under compression inside a network of continuous tension, and arranged in suc
Spodek
…throughout the hall; the vibration measurement was positive. Architects Maciej Gintowt and Maciej Krasiński designed the Spodek to employ the principle of tensegrity, as one of the first major structures to do so. For the roof they used an inclined surface held in check by a system of cables holding up its circumference…
The Skylon at the Festival of Britain, 1951
Largest tensegrity bridge in the world, Kurilpa Bridge – Brisbane
NASA's Super Ball Bot is an early prototype, designed to land on another planet without an airbag, and then be mobile to explore. The tensegrity structure provides structural compliance absorbing landing impact forces and motion is applied by changing cable lengths. (Shown on Earth in 2014.)
Proto-Tensegrity Prism by Karl Ioganson, 1921