Fig. 6.

Variations of cellular assemblages in different stages of deployment. Approximate percentage of extension is shown. (A) Deployable architectural canopy with high out-of-plane stiffness for transformable building design. (B) Bridge structure from zipper-coupling tubes of different geometries. The structure is flat foldable in two directions and stiff for out-of-plane loading. (C) Structure that interlocks into a fully conforming shape. The structure’s edges are each composed of four tubes coupled in a zipper orientation. For details see Table S1 and Movie S2.