The "Needle Tower" is one of the most famous tensegrity sculptures made by Kenneth Snelson. The tower is assembled on the ground and then pulled over in order to rise. The video shows only the rising of the tower:
It would be interesting to have a video of the assembling procedure on the ground. In my opinion that may have been the most challenging part.
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Really interesting, thanks for the video and the information.
Do you know whether the erection was engineered?
I do not know if it was "engineered" in the sens of analyzing all the steps of the erection. However, i believe that they must have checked the stability of the sculpture before its rising.
It would also be interesting to see a video of it in a high wind: Snelson's FAQ says "these structures ... are quite elastic and flexible; too much so for use as antennas with dishes mounted on top. Swaying in the wind might be a disadvantage."
That video could be made without time travel.
the "Needle Tower" is a flexible lightweight structure. however, without any dish mounted on it the area resisting on the wind is quite low too...
hard to predict the dynamic behavior of such a structure, but i agree that a video in high wind would be interesting.
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