Metamaterials, which are artificially engineered materials with properties not found in nature, have attracted significant attention in recent years due to their unique mechanical properties provided solely through geometric additions in microstructure . One class of metamaterials that has received particular attention is mechanical metamaterials, which can exhibit properties such as an artificial negative Poisson's ratio which can expand in the lateral direction when stretched . Popular metamaterial designs utilize complex geometry which is rarely seen in nature and difficult to scale into probable alternatives. Such designs are often too complex to be considered for viable earthquake resistance techniques, as simpler designs, while perhaps not extracting the full potential of geometry, can realistically be manufactured in a timely fashion. In this study, the hourglass and honeycomb microstructure, two interconnected "shapes" often naturally present in nature, will be explored. These two specific microstructures can be transformed into each other by editing the distance between the inward point material to the center (see Fig. ). This allows for the programmable auxetic structure of the materials [3] . The special negative Poisson's ratio has led to the exploration of auxetics, a term for the hour-glass structured cell but not the honeycomb, in a variety of fields, including biomedical engineering, energy storage, and tension resistance. Mechanical tension resistance is an important aspect of the mechanical behavior of mechanical metamaterials. As these materials expand in the transverse direction when stretched, they exhibit a high degree of resistance to tensile loads, which makes them highly desirable for use in applications where elevated levels of toughness and impact resistance are required . Such elevated levels of toughness and impact resistance are undoubtedly present in seismic conditions, where the foundation of a building must not only cope with the weight of the building and normal force but also shear forces from the sinusoidal displacement of the ground beneath it. This warrants a deeper dive into the role of auxetic structures and their honeycomb counterparts for earthquake resistance.