Wacław Zalewski

His greatest achievement in Poland was working in the Office for the Study and Design of Industrial Building Types (BISTYP) in Warsaw until 1963.[when?]

[clarification needed] In 1965 he was invited as a full, tenured professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he worked full-time until 1988, when he retired.

He is considered one of the pioneers of the techniques of linear – rod on the principle of tensegrity structures in light canopies without the use of load-bearing columns.

[clarification needed] He retained his connections in Venezuela for many years, however, and continued to design structures there during academic holidays and sabbaticals.

A portion of the exhibit was also shown at Roger Williams University School of Architecture, Art and Historic Preservation in Bristol, Rhode Island, in Fall 2006.