BISTABLE CANOPY
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
GPS: 37°48'39.3"S 144°57'19.3"E
Typology: Canopy
Year: 2025
Type: Academic
Team: Eli Melendez, Cam My Nguyen, Adrian Yu
Supervisor: Carl D’Apolito-Dworkin

A study in material reciprocity, this canopy leverages the tension of a two way stretch textile against the active bending of plastic strips. This pre-stressed system creates a bistable perimeter where five independent sections toggle between open and closed states, redefining the captured volume. The project serves as a prototype for lightweight, adaptive architecture where structural performance and spatial flexibility can create different programmatic states.



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