Climb the stairs to an imposing hall open to the sky, from whose towers strong chains and ropes suspend the three pairs of platforms of a great garden. But each level rises higher than the last - how can that be?

I've seen a couple tensegrity models made out of Lego bricks before, one of which I received as an unofficial set. However, they all used the same motif of a single platform balancing on one chain, and being prevented from tipping over by two others. One model iterated on this motif multiple times, but it still appeared that removing the farthest platform would not affect the stability of the rest of the model. These inspired me to give a try at something that expanded on the concept a little.

In this model, on the other hand, while the technique used is similar, every platform and every string is integral to the stability of the platforms both below and above it.

This design required some work to determine precisely where each chain or rope should be mounted, and what length the stems and anchors had to be in order to conform to the length of the chains and ropes. It went through three revisions to ensure that the parts and colors used conformed to the BDP Series 1 palette, as well as numerous smaller changes to make sure that the instructions made sense.

One last small thing that may be worth mentioning is the two posable chains towards the bottom of the staircase; getting them to align in stud.io was not exactly simple, and I think they complement the overall aesthetic quite well.