Can you build a LEGO® Tensegrity? (examples & building instructions)

05 Kükürü 2020

LEGO® tensegrity is currently very popular among LEGO® designers and we see many beautiful examples passing by. In this blog post we explain what tensegrity is and we show you some ingenious LEGO® tensegrity constructions that you can recreate yourself.

What is Tensegrity?

The word Tensegrity is made from the words tension and structural integrity. This concept refers to the integrity of structures based on a balance between tensile and compression loads. The structure consists of partly insulated elements that are balanced by a play of push and pull forces.

A tensegrity is a physical tour de force and amazing to see, this is because parts of the tensegrity seem to float. We understand that many LEGO® designers see a challenge in this. Below you will find some nice tensegrity constructions. Can you recreate them?

LEGO® Tensegrity examples

Of course, a tensegrity MOC from JK Brickworks cannot be missed and he also shows you step by step how to build this model. Below you will find a link to the 56 LEGO® parts you need to build this tensegrity.

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A tensegrity so sturdy that you can put a LEGO® car on it? BrickyoUrDream shows you how to build this sturdy construction.

Nathankw explains in his video how to build a LEGO® tensegrity with the parts of the LEGO® 31313 Mindstorms EV3 set.

TD Bricks shows you how to build the above tensegrity.

And lastly, some very nice tensegrity constructions. We do not have the building instructions for these, but we challenge you to build them anyway!

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Tensegrity circles from David Roberts.

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The 10-SGTY Racer tensegrity from lokiloki29.

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The Tree tensegrity from Bendrig.

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