{"id":304,"date":"2023-06-26T08:48:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T08:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inventorics.com\/?p=304"},"modified":"2023-06-26T08:48:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T08:48:35","slug":"structure-in-nature-is-a-strategy-for-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inventorics.com\/?p=304","title":{"rendered":"Structure in Nature is a Strategy for Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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cover of the book<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the course of our investigations into tetrahedral cell packing we came across Peter Pearce<\/a>‘s book “Structure in Nature is a Strategy for Design<\/a>” (first published in 1978), in which he meticuously documented his investigations of polygons, which, according to him, form the<\/strong> basic reconfigurable building block for environmental structures that are both, space and energy efficient. It has the potential to become our new bible, at least for a while, as long as we are looking into space filling and cell packing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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several pages illustrating the expanse of information contained in the book<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Beyond architectural applications like the Biosphere 2<\/a> structure in Oracle, Arizona, USA, and currently the H\u00f3los House<\/a>, he developed and patented various modular construction systems such as the”the Min-a-Max Building System<\/a>” (Minimum Inventory\/Maximum Diversity Building System) and the “Curved Space Diamond System”<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latter started as playground climbing sculptures, but have also been exhibited as “architectural design pieces, referred to as “usable artworks””.1<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interior photograph of Curved Space Diamond Structure. Peter Jon Pearce, CC BY-SA 3.0 https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In parallel he transformed both systems into educational toys he calls “Geometry Kits”. So it seems we are on a promising track with our endevours to aim at something similiar with our Bike Builder construction toy<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The “CurvedSpace” structure builder <\/strong>was a direct result of these diamond structures. It is a reduced version of the large scale elements. Special connector clips allow connecting the individual shells in a variety of spatial configurations. As his website suggests, it “opens up other avenues in the exploration of non-orthogonal spatial geometry.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Curved Space Structure Builder, Rare Educational Toy. #601 Synestructics, Inc. 1973<\/em> (photo from etsy listing<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The “SuperStructures” Kit<\/strong> was a direct result of his morphological studies documented in his book and reminds of his multihinge connection system. It is comprised of a “universial node” and 6 different struts and additional panels that snap into place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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screenshot of the SuperStructures toy kit on https:\/\/pjpearcedesign.com\/index.php\/play\/educational-toys-games\/geometry-kits\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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1 <\/sup>Alex Kitnick (February 28, 2014). Sylvia Lavin (ed.). Everything Loose Will Land: 1970s Art and Architecture in Los Angeles<\/em> (Hardcover ed.). Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. pp. 11\u201313, 314. ISBN<\/a>9783869844527<\/bdi><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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