Re: [Origami] Model name and creator
Also, are there any other collapsing action models like this? I believe this is similar: https://havepaperwilltravel.shutterfly.com/8718#8331 Looks like Pako Pako by Tomoko Fuse to me: http://viereck-verlag.de/images/products/4864.jpg Also see: http://viereck-verlag.de/index.php?action=einzel_produktproduct_id=597 -- Sara
Re: [Origami] Folding Architecture: Top 10 Origami-Inspired Buildings - Architizer
Hi Everyone, On Fri, 1 Nov 2013 at 10:50:24 -0400 Patsy Wang Iverson wrote: Thought some on this list may be interested in seeing some origami-inspired buildings: http://architizer.com/blog/folding-architecture-top-10-origami-inspired-buil dings/ The list makes interesting viewing, but in my opinion many of the selected buildings are more faceted than folded. Origami implies a form whose origins as a sheet are evident. A faceted form implies a form that was carved from a solid block or assembled from many irregular polygons, which to me is how many of the buildings appear. This confusion among designers between 'folded' and 'faceted' is common. Here are links to a few buildings whose inspiration from origami are more clearly discernible: http://plusmood.com/2008/11/chapel-for-the-deaconesses-of-st-loup-localarchi tecture-danilo-mondada/ and http://www.revistaseccion.com/concurso-de-fotografia/i-concurso-fotografia-a rquitectura/concurso-de-fotografia-arquitetura/mezquita-arg-357.html and http://www.ogaa.jp/project/PLTM/PLTM02.htm There are many other examples, especially of roof forms. Paul Jackson
Re: [Origami] Folding Architecture: Top 10 Origami-InspiredBuildings - Architizer
I'm not in the field, so perhaps some architects on this list may wish to weigh in on the pros and cons of this website? It's great to see origami-inspired buildings, but here's my reaction to nearly all of the designs: Fussy! I'm currently preparing a lecture for the local American Institute of Architects chapter on my origami and architectural designs and how they have inspired and learned from each other. These images certainly provide food for thought. --Peter Engel= Ditto Peter Engel - overdone - concept is trying to hard! The fashion is wearing the model...vs. the model wearing the fashion.
Re: [Origami] Folding Architecture: Top 10 Origami-Inspired Buildings - Architizer
On 11/1/13 2:55 PM, Peter Engel wrote: I'm appreciative to Patsy for sending along both web links. I'm currently preparing a lecture for the local American Institute of Architects chapter on my origami and architectural designs and how they have inspired and learned from each other. These images certainly provide food for thought. --Peter Engel Here is a link you may find interesting: http://www.ruthasawa.com/public.html. While the work featured is not a building, it is a public sculpture by Ruth Asawa that would seem to be very definitely origami-inspired. --- Char Morrow
Re: [Origami] Folding Architecture: Top 10 Origami-Inspired Buildings - Architizer
On 02/11/2013, at 10:34 AM, Israeli Origami Center orig...@netvision.net.il wrote: The list makes interesting viewing, but in my opinion many of the selected buildings are more faceted than folded. Origami implies a form whose origins as a sheet are evident. A faceted form implies a form that was carved from a solid block or assembled from many irregular polygons, which to me is how many of the buildings appear. This confusion among designers between 'folded' and 'faceted' is common. Thanks for kicking off the conversation Patsy. I think this is an interesting point Paul. I'm currently investigating the language of folding as a PhD thesis topic, and one of the areas that comes up quite obviously is architectural scale works. You make two very interesting points: 1. That origami implies the existence, or evidence, of a sheet. 2. The differentiation between a faceted form and a folded form. Whilst I can agree with you on assessment of a some of the buildings, that they are more facetted than folded, I can imagine that they would all be foldable, either as single sheets or from units, and so in a way I find the term origami inspired apt, as opposed to say, origami building. A collaboration between Tomohiro Tachi and Eric Demaine, a piece of software called Origamizer http://www.tsg.ne.jp/TT/software/ that can fold up any polygonal form. Which means that any faceted surface could be folded. So the reality is that as soon as a building is made from polygons (or facets) then it could be folded. I think the definition of origami, or the aesthetic of folding, differs between practitioners of the art, and designers. An origami artist often deals with a sense of purism related to the uncut sheet, or sheet principle in general, which you have articulated above. I do appreciate your examples (thank you for them), they clearly show how the sheet is evident in those other buildings. It is useful to note that the architects are looking at origami, and do cite their inspiration as origami http://architizer.com/projects/karuizawa-museum-complex/ (an elegant structure in my opinion). As is the building in Rye, Australia. If I had money I'd like to build something similar. I'm interested in the notions of origami that are developed by designers and architects because they are also notions that often transferred to the general public who consume the products and visit the buildings. best, Matthew
[Origami] Model name and creator
I am familiar with both Yami's Model and Tomoko's Pako Pako. They are not similar in folding sequence. My wife learned Pako Pako from Tomoko at the book launch party. She also got Yami's model at PCOC. Yami's model is based on a hexagon spiral. You have to open the model and turn it to reveal the message. Tomoko's model is more of a spiral. Pako Pako has been described as Spring into Action on Steroids. It opens and twist on a tube with different segments. Tomoko colored the different segments which made for more interesting patterns. Mark Kennedy
