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space frameThree-dimensional truss based on the rigidity of the triangle and composed of linear elements subject only to compression or tension. Its simplest spatial unit is a tetrahedron having four joints and six members. A space frame forms a very strong, thick, flexible structural fabric that can be used horizontally or bent to a variety of shapes. The beauty of its open latticework web of lightweight tubular diagonals is only surpassed by its structural purity. R. Buckminster Fuller used this technology for some of his Dymaxion projects; in his Union Tank Car warehouse, Baton Rouge, La. (1958), a space frame reinforces an enormous geodesic dome. |
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| This has led to the Audi Space Frame (ASF) design, based on all-aluminum structure and used for the A8 and, consequently the S8*. He will present his forestry hall, a timber and steel space frame building, in the Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The building's facade will be a glass and aluminum framed curtain wall, with a unique open space frame on which glazed off-white ceramic tubes will be horizontally mounted as a sunscreen. |
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