A Method for Expandable Regular Tessellation

Year: 2011 Authors: Aylin GAZI; Koray KORKMAZ

Core claim

Regular tessellations can be turned into expandable kinetic surfaces by a three-step link-selection and placement method with single internal mobility.

Topics

kinetic architecture, regular tessellation, expandable planar surfaces, mechanism design

Domains

tessellations, duality, Euclidean plane geometry, kinematics, architecture, facade design, parametric-like form making, kinetic design

Methods

three-step construction method, dual tessellation placement, revolute joint mechanism, link-based kinematic chain

Media

planar links, revolute joints, hexagonal tessellation, square tessellation

Source status

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