What if tensegrity isn't simply a theory, but something already at work inside every living cell?
In this episode of Sacred Geometry, Joanne Avison explores the groundbreaking work of Donald Ingber, the Harvard scientist whose research brought tensegrity into the laboratory and helped establish the field of mechanobiology.
Following the thread from Leonardo da Vinci, Kenneth Snelson, Buckminster Fuller and Tom Flemons, we arrive at the living cell itself, where Ingber demonstrates how tension, structure and force are communicated throughout the whole.
You'll discover:
How sculpture inspired Ingber's scientific curiosity
The experiment that demonstrated tensegrity in living cells
Why cells respond to force as whole structures
What mechanobiology reveals about movement, fascia and healing
How geometry connects architecture, biology and the living human body
From geodesic domes to a single cell under a microscope, this episode takes us deeper into the science of tensegrity and the extraordinary living architecture already at work within you…
👉 Read Donald Ingber's paper: Joanne mentions Donald Ingber's landmark 1998 Scientific American article, “The Architecture of Life,” in this episode. If you'd like to explore the research and ideas behind the conversation for yourself, you can find it here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-architecture-of-life/ (Vol. 278, Jan 1998, pp. 48–57).
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