Tensegrity — Floating in Compression

How It Works

In tensegrity, rigid struts float in a web of continuous tension. No strut touches another — yet the whole structure is rigid. Buckminster Fuller's insight: compression islands in a sea of tension.

Structures

Parameters

Tension0.4

Gravity0.3

Damping0.85

Drag any node to stress the structure. Watch how tension redistributes globally — no local failure.

The Reframe

Your skeleton is a tensegrity structure. Bones don't stack like bricks — they float in a continuous web of fascia and muscle tension. This is why posture is a whole-body phenomenon, not a local one.