That being said a dynamical energy storage spring is not useful in a static structure or a statically stable element like a truss or a house frame. This is very obvious since the bistable element will never be of any use if its locked up in a structure rather then being a bistable element for e.g a simply supported beam with central loading will lose its bistabilty if it is supported from the middle.

I think this kind of conceptual thinking, although seemingly very prevelant, should be encouraged more. We are all creatives, why should we be supressing creativity and new ideas? I agree, it seems improbable that this kind of form and concept could ever hold any kind of structural or commercial value, but that is not the point. These guys have, without compromise, just ran with an idea that we haven’t seen before, and that might one day lead to something physical or at least begin the discussion about how this could actually work from someone else. I personally commend the group for developing as far as they did – as its not usual to see physical models of these concepts to help demonstrate that the idea actually managed to evolve away from the rendering software.

Sweet project anyway!