This post will be a tasty collection of links. We've recently been inspired by the work of these artists|architects on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/owesen/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9874847@N03/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/langorigami/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/origomi/collections/72157600003010122/
We wanted to see how these patterns might be manipulated, either through digitizing and then modeling parametrically, or by direct conversion into something architectural, say a wall.
To begin, we gathered information:
info sites:
http://www.ronresch.com/ http://www.generatorx.no/20070126/pioneer-ron-resch/ http://www.origamitessellations.com/2005/06/01/alex-batemans-tess-program/ http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=how+to+make+3d+tessellations&aq=4m&aqi=g4g-m1&oq=3d+tessellation&fp=1&cad=b
turorials:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXIVHjws15U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyX-T4y_INQ
books ordered:
http://www.amazon.com/Origami-Tessellations-Awe-Inspiring-Geometric-Designs/dp/1568814518/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267644178&sr=8-1
grasshopper:
http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/origami-with-grasshopper
From here, we intend to toy with the grasshopper files until we can create a more in-depth folding mechanism that will respond to parameters. First, we have collected this information and begun folding the basic waterbomb tessellation designed by Eric Gjerde and the magic ball tessellation by I Don't Know- these are the tutorials listed above. We have experimented with a few different papers and stretched one of the patterns in rhino to see how it responds and then folds. We have also procured two origami programs that we are currently unable to figure out-
programs:
http://www.langorigami.com/science/treemaker/treemaker5.php4
http://www.origamitessellations.com/2007/01/23/new-version-of-tess-alex-batemans-origami-tessellation-software/
instructions for TESS program (click second search result)
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=tess+origami+program&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&fp=c5aa4278f68e4a4
Also, this is a wonderful TED lecture by Robert Lang:
http://www.ted.com/speakers/robert_lang.html
We are currently playing with these folds, learning their rules, and have begun to speculate- it should be noted that we are not purists, for we have definitely drawn crease patterns in CAD and laser cut the paper sheets in preparation for folding. Our hope is that what we lose in quiet contact with material (the brilliantly crafted hand folding you've seen by the aforementioned artists) we may gain in time for innovation and re-interpretation.
More, larger images can be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26440532@N07/sets/72157623424525225/
