Anti-seismic(?) building = expensive, complicated, elitist, until today.
Vs.
Gravity = anti-seismic(!), economical, simple, affordable, as of today.
In this section, we explain how Gravity works and the dynamics that make it brilliant.
We are looking for institutions to deepen their dynamics and enter the history of earthquake engineering by writing the new rules.
If you are interested in its practical applications, click below,
we are also looking for companies to exploit the potential of its patent, develop it and become the leaders in anti-seismic construction.
Nicoletta's lecture:
Gravity explained to her children
RO Guiltless Plastic Award 2022 (Milan, June 2022).
Nicoletta Orlandi Brugnoni explains to her children
how Gravity works and how it withstands earthquakes.
The best explanation ever!
Thank you Nicoletta!
This site illustrates an idea, an invention,
an anti-seismic construction technique that will question
the way of looking at things used up to now;
without taking anything away, just adding a different perspective.
Welcome to the world of Gravity!
Gravity is a new way of dealing with earthquakes.
"It's never been done!" True !
... and it could be a good starting point!
We have always considered that a "wall",
to be solid, must be a united and compact block ... Are you sure?
Gravity goes beyond the concept of "wall" as a compact and supportive structure,
it does not use resistance or resilience to resist earthquakes ...
... in reality it does not "resist" earthquakes
but uses their strength to mitigate their effects.
Within a Gravity wall, once built, each single element remains independent and free to move, allowing the whole structure to oppose earthquakes utilising the force of its only strongest antagonist, the force of gravity.
We get this, through
1) the specific shape of the elements
2) their positioning in a lozenge configuration
3) the elimination of mortars, binders and locking joints
And...
... and the insertion in the elements of a specific play of pins and grooves that never blocks the elements, always leaving them free to slide one into the other, as wheels and rails in a railway,
always aligned along the axes of the wall and forced to go up along the system of transversal planes created by the surrounding elements positioned in lozenges,
allowing the force of gravity to unfold all its contrasting power, with a constant action that tends to bring each element back to its original position, at the center of the wedge created by the underlying elements, in every single instant, at the end of every single thrust.
"Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you; so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and leverage rather than brute strength."
Helio Gracie Ju-Jitsu Master
πάντα ῥεῖ,
Everything moves.
Ἡράκλειτος Heraclitus
If you have come this far, I really thank you from my heart.
If you want to go further, I will be very happy to meet you.
Thanks, anyway.
Massimo
As far as possible, the graphic choices of this site,
such as avoiding justified alignments
or breaking a line after each concept,
they have been made to try to help those who, without any guilt,
have always to start two squares behind the others.
Dyslexics do not disappear when they grow up,
we can't remember them just when they are at the primary school ...
R&D: the last mile
to the success of Gravity
R&D costs for Gravity will be important;
new rules are all to be written,
and tests on dynamics and materials are all to be done.
Whoever starts risks entering history.
If you can help us by promoting us in the academic world
and industrial research, contact us;
we have a universe to explore and design together!
Gravity can change the history of anti-seismic construction,
it can change the way of dealing with the issue of safety,
and it can change the positioning of your company on the market.
Contact us