This week I wrapped my model and found that the shrinkwrap made the shape even more conventional than I expected. I also was looking into programs for tensegrity and I am more convinced now than last class that the project should be more of a span than what I proposed as an addition to a span. I started looking more closely into sites as well and settled on three that I thought held some potential. Of those three only Missoula and Portland really interested me and I am leaning more towards Portland simply because there is more there to work with however I still think there could be potential in Missoula because of the historic nature of the surrounding area. But the density and complexity of the Portland site may win out. Boise I included for its close proximity to me. I also think that it is as much the site surrounding the bridge, ie. the approach to and from, as it is the span itself. I would very much so be interested in how tensegrity/modular deformed tensegrity can span and how it can activate its surroundings.
My model clad.
Doing some research the most literal example of a tensegrity model made into a bridge is the Kuilpa Bridge by Calatrava. This bridge is probably the closest thing to a full scale useable tensegrity span structure around today.
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