2017__ Mallorca, Spain

Tensegrity

‘The Lighthouse’

It is the first vertical tensegrity structure using structural bamboo built in Spain, and the second tallest tensegrity structure ever built in this country. The challenge resided not only on its size, 8 x 3 x 3 meters, but also in making it safe for the acrobats to work on it. Moreover, it has been carefully planned in order to minimize the time taken to build it up with the aim of keeping the port tidy and noiseless. After 3 days working on site, ‘the Lighthouse’ was up and ready to be used by the artists of the company. The bamboo species used in all the devices has been Guadua angustifolia.