Rigid origami architecture

The "Aerides" product family is the result of research and experimentation with different folding techniques for sheet materials. In order to explore the boundaries of paper lighting products, I worked with basic origami folding techniques which ensure a ...

‘dodecahedronic chair’ by hiroaki suzuki japanese design student hiroaki suzuki has been researching functional applications for polyhedral geometry in product design. the result is his ‘dodecahedronic chair’. for the design, suzuki carefully calculated each angle with 3D CAD software, verifying the overall structural strength and stability of the chair by producing models made of paper […]

Made with Tomohiro Tachi's superb 'Rigid Origami Simulator' www.tsg.ne.jp/TT/origami/ www.flickr.com/photos/tactom/ my Crease Patterns are here: www.flickr.com/photos/32q2/3343503879/ Video of real-world folded versions more transformable stuff on my site: spacesymmetrystructure

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Symmetric waterbomb origami | Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

top: Kagome Pattern and Planer Top bottom: Concave top surface in unfolding procedure Generated with Oripa and Rigid Origami Simulator mitani.cs.tsukuba.ac.jp/oripa/ www.tsg.ne.jp/TT/software/

Given to me by Joan Michaels Paque, as some wonderful background information on the work of Ron Resch. Fantastic! Thank you so much, Joan!

origami surface

Some of my old folding experiments. See a video of them in action here I think the first one is what people call a waterbomb tesselation. Number 3 and 6 I think are usually associated with Ron Resch. I dont know if 2, 4 and 5 have been documented before. Number 2 has a surprising very slight single curvature when fully folded, which is associated with the near packing of tetrahedra I wrote about here: spacesymmetrystructure.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/an-unexpe...

I’ve written about space and symmetry, time to show some structure :

https://flic.kr/p/8HhqhZ | Miura & Tachi Rigid Foldable Tube | Koryo Miura and Tomohiro Tachi, "Synthesis of Rigid-Foldable Cylindrical Polyhedra," Journal of the International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry (ISIS-Symmetry), Special Issues for the Festival-Congress Gmuend, Austria, August 23-28, pp. 204-213, 2010.

Image 33 of 33 from gallery of Origami / TSC Architects. Structural Model

24cm x 24cm Recycled paper Final touches with wallpaper glue Diagrams: by Valerie Vann at dev.origami.com/images_pdf/rosetess.pdf and in Kawasaki's book "The Greatest Dream Origami".

A single piece of a larger rigid foldable origami structure being used by SAGA Space Architects in developing a deployable Moon habitat. To see its fu

Resonant Chamber Resonant Chamber, an interior envelope system that deploys the principles of rigid origami, transforms the acoustic environment through dynamic spatial, material and electro-acoustic technologies. The aim of rvtr is to develop a soundsphere able to adjust its properties in response to changing sonic conditions, altering the sound of a space during performance and creating an instrument at the scale of architecture, flexible enough that it might be capable of being played.

Rigid-foldable tube composed of thick panels and rotating hinges.