On: Build “magic,” gravity-defying structures–with Legos, kite string, and physics

[xwdv]

Would you enter a building held up by tensegrity? I feel that to build the next generation of super massive structures in the 21st century we will have to use tensegrity concepts.

[lisper → xwdv]

If it was properly engineered, sure, why not? It would be no different in principle from driving over a suspension bridge.

[RandomBacon → lisper]

I assume all buildibgs I enter are properly engineered, but sometimes they're not. Two cases that come to mind:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_walkway_collapse

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/04/17/the_citicorp_t...

Both were essentially caused by people making assumptions. You would think such things would be thought through, but sometimes they're not.

[cwilkes → xwdv]

You probably have already in a way:

https://www.concretenetwork.com/post-tension/basics.html