21RM_X04

This reciprocal model experiments with the illusion of floating structures by playing with the design principles of tensegrity. This is achieved through altering the positions and sizes of various rings and poles which are all interconnected and balanced via strings of varying tensions to form a reciprocal model. Our model relies on no central structure, but instead on the aforementioned set of compression elements opposed and balanced by tensile forces. Each ring contains indentations in where wooden poles are inserted and form a unit that either connects to different length strings or another unit. These rings and wooden poles exert compression forces on one another to maintain stability and either exert other compression forces on other ring-pole connections or are connected to counterbalancing strings.