John Zerning » Postscript http://www.johnzerning.com Garden Trellises - Architectural Space Frames Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:30:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Postscript http://www.johnzerning.com/postscript/ http://www.johnzerning.com/postscript/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:07:47 +0000 John Zerning http://www.johnzerning.com/?p=102 Space frame trellis design and construction, which is essentially spatial model building on a bigger scale, is an excellent vehicle for structural explorations that can be applied to numerous structural design problems, on many different scales. For the structural maquettes I use paper straws and for the connectors short lengths (30mm) pipe cleaners. You can make a many-way joint (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 etc).

For example, in case of a three-way joint you will need three short lengths of pipe cleaners.. Two go into each end of the straws, thus forming a universal joint.

Explorations in geometry based on the polyhedral approach are the stuff of creativity.
A famous Chinese proverb says:

I hear, I forget; I see, I remember; I do, and I understand.

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