A deployable structure is a structure that can reconfigure and change shape/size mainly from folding and unfolding, and has many applications from daily essentials (e.g., umbrella), vascular stents, to solar panels for spacecraft.

Origami, the art of paper folding, thus naturally provides inspirations for deployable structures.

In addition to deployable structures, origami recently has gained much attention as it has offered an appealing strategy on the development of 3D architectures across different length scales and metamaterials with tunable properties.

Many origami-inspired deployable structures are based on rigid origami patterns, in which the kinematic deformation is solely limited to the folding lines while the panels remain undeformed.

Well-known representatives of deployable rigid origami patterns are the Miura folding and its derivates.

In addition to rigid origami, another type is deformable origami, where the panels and the folding lines all bear deformation, such as the twisted square pattern.

Due to the simplicity of the kinematics of rigid origami, much attention has been focused on this type.

Despite recent active research in origami and related deployable structures, a critical aspect of the origami research that has been overlooked is whether the deployed structure remains in a deployed state under loading, such as vibration experienced by a deployed structure used in spacecraft.


Video Source:

1-   • Deployable Structure   Summer Worksho...  
Deployable Structure Summer Workshop IFAC 2015 / Youtube / SMiA Research Group

2-https://vimeo.com/67433791?login=true
Desert Lotus: Expanding Dome / Vimeo / Mike Burton

3-   • Deployable Structures Workshop SMiA -...  
Deployable Structures Workshop SMiA - AGU / Youtube/ SMiA Research Group

4-   • Chuck Hoberman Archéologie du numérique  
Chuck Hoberman Archéologie du numérique / Youtube/ Guillaume Sanfaçon

5-   • Chuck Hoberman 01  
Chuck Hoberman 01 / Youtube/ Yukio Andoh

6-   • Torus4 Pavilion SMiA-UIC  
Torus4 Pavilion SMiA-UIC/ Youtube/ SMiA Research Group

7-   • Xuê  Dining hall pavilion.  
Xuê Dining hall pavilion. / Youtube/ SMiA Research Group

8-   • Hoberman20Years_High.mov  
Hoberman20Years_High.mov / Youtube /Vidz

9-   • On Elastic Geodesic Grids and Their P...  
On Elastic Geodesic Grids and Their Planar to Spatial Deployment / Youtube / derprzem

10-   • DTS - Deployable Tent Structure  
DTS - Deployable Tent Structure/ Youtube / Gustaf Ridderström

11-   • Maqueta estructura desplegable, mayo ...  
Maqueta estructura desplegable, mayo 2009. Arquit. Rodrigo Ramos / Youtube/ ARKIDES Deployable Structures

12-   • Domo Desplegable Oct/2016  
Deployable structures /Youtube/ CF Tailer

13-   • Deployable Pavilion_transtudio 2018_I...  
Deployable Pavilion_transtudio 2018_Instructor: Negar Kalantar _Texas A&M_Department of Architecture / Youtube / Negar Kalantar

14-   • How a Harvard Professor Makes Transfo...  
How a Harvard Professor Makes Transforming Toys & Designs | WIRED / Youtube /WIRED

15-   • Torus12 Pavilion - Deployable Structu...  
Torus12 Pavilion - Deployable Structures - Nottingham Trent University / Youtube /SMiA Research Group

16-   • Design Development Deployable Dome Pa...  
Design Development Deployable Dome Pavilion / Youtube/ Erin Hunt

17-   • Vertex II Pavilion - Deployable Struc...  
Vertex II Pavilion - Deployable Structure Presented at IASS Barcelona 2019 / Youtube/ SMiA Research Group

18-   • SPATIAL GROUPING OF SYMMETRYCAL STRAI...  
SPATIAL GROUPING OF SYMMETRYCAL STRAIGHT SCISSORS / Youtube/ SMiA Research Group

19-   • angulated scissors structure  
angulated scissors structure / Youtube / 林妹妹



Image Source:

[1]-Chuck Hoberman with expanding aluminum sphere
https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/search/detai...

[2]-Deployable Structures / evajermyn / evajermyn
https://evajermyn.com/2012/05/28/depl...

[3]-Deployable structures / cargocollective / University of Pennsylvania
https://cargocollective.com/pixelstik...

[4]-deployable geodesic dome - Expo 5 / architizer / IA- INTELLIGENT SYSTEM IN ARCHITECTURE, Former AEWّ
https://architizer.com/projects/deplo...

[5]-Computers in Theory and Practice / architectural-review
https://www.architectural-review.com/...

[6]-Honoring Architecture's Digital Pioneers / archdaily / Greg Lynn
https://www.archdaily.com/429862/hono...

[7]-Math Monday: Flexible Stick Structures / momath / Bradford Hansen-Smith
https://momath.org/home/math-monday-f...


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