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Modular Origami — Tangles / Woven Polyhedra
This page includes models which consist of intersecting and woven polyhedral frames, in particular Robert J. Lang’s polypolyhedra (the “Himalaya series”).
Models folded and photographed by Michał Kosmulski. Modules designed by their respective authors.
Click on images to enlarge them. Links in image titles lead to pages with more information about each particular object.
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Gasherbrum (four intersecting triangles, 4 × 3 × 1 polypolyhedron)The simplest of Robert J. Lang’s polypolyhedra.
Model and units
designed by Robert Lang (instructions in PDF linked from that page), 12 units. |
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Makalu (six intersecting pentagons, 6 × 5 × 1 polypolyhedron)
Model and units
designed by Robert Lang, 30 units. Instructions available in Origami USA Annual collection 2002. I put some hopefully helpful tips for assembly of this model in this article. |
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Tom Hull's Five intersecting tetrahedra (FIT)
Made from
Francis Ow's 60 degree module (30 modules). The linked page contains some information about both folding the modules and joining them together. |
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Annapurna (ten intersecting triangles, 10 × 3 × 1 polypolyhedron)Quite a bit more challenging to assemble than Five Intersecting Tetrahedra, but the symmetry and spatial relations between neighboring units help a lot. Unfortunately they are much better visible in the actual physical model than any picture can convey. I hope the 3D anaglyph linked below can be of some help for folders trying to assemble this model.
Model
designed by Robert Lang, but this one is made from
Michał Kosmulski's Sturdy Edge Module (StEM) instead of Robert Lang’s units (30 units, 4:1 paper). |
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