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Forces Frozen: Structures Made From Frozen Fabrics – MIT News

Through the power of shape and curvature, very thin shells can achieve impressive strength and stiffness, even when they are made only from frozen water-soaked fabric. This workshop, aptly titled “Forces Frozen” seeks to push the boundaries of ice shells through design, experimentation and fabrication. (Learn more about Forces Frozen: http://forcesfrozen.tumblr.com/)

This MIT IAP workshop was sponsored by the MIT-SUTD Collaboration. (http://sutd.mit.edu/)

Video: Melanie Gonick/MIT
Still images of Heinz Isler courtesy of Safety third (https://safetythird.wordpress.com/201…)

Music from “Aqua 1” by Rod Hamilton
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rod…
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