Katherine A. Liapi

The Tensegrity spatial construction titled Sunset Storm was realized during a workshop organized by Professor Katerina Liapi at the Department of Architecture at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, as part of the Erasmus+ Teaching Program “Building Bridges 2.0.” The program, conducted by invitation, brought together seven professors and lecturers from schools or departments of architecture across six European countries—Sweden, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Portugal, and Greece. Each participant was tasked with organizing a two-day workshop on a topic of their choice. Professor K. Liapi’s workshop focused on architectural technology, specifically addressing the theme “Inventing New Tensegrity Configurations: From Heuristic to Algorithmic Design.”

The spatial construction Sunset Storm created during the workshop was based on extensive academic research by Professor Liapi in the field of tensegrity spatial structures. The catenoid-helicoid form of the structure is the result of algorithmic design, incorporating the geometric solution of minimal surface tensegrity spatial structures, as studied within the framework of the K. Karatheodoris program.