I stumbled upon this website about using geometry to fold paper into architectural forms. Here is a quote from the page about how they were created:
The original form was generated by radiating the hexagonal grid of a geodesic sphere and trimming the resultant surfaces with an inner and outer cube. The resulting network of cells gives the impression of a sphere caught within a cube.
http://roryhyde.com/pavilion.htm
My girlfriend did something similar like this her last semester at school. I will post pictures if I can.
ReplyDeletethose pieces are really beautiful. it's interesting that math plays such a big role in the development of those pieces, such as geometry and measurements.
ReplyDeleteI always wonder in things like this if the artist was thinking mathematically or artistically...
ReplyDeleteI think that these sculptures were made with artistic purpose, but the only way they could have been created was with a real understanding of math and geometry. It is an artistic use of math!
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