Barn-Raising an Endo-Pentakis-Icosi-Dodecaherdon

Year: 1999 Authors: Eva Knoll; Simon Morgan

Core claim

Large-scale, collective construction of a deltahedron reveals polyhedral structure and geometry more directly than hand-held models or computer animations.

Topics

deltahedra, polyhedral nets, mathematics education, collective construction

Domains

polyhedral geometry, Euler characteristic, Gauss-Bonnet theorem, deltahedra, mathematical sculpture, paper construction, installation workshop, craft design

Methods

snowflake net layout, modular assembly, paper cutting, folding and overlap

Media

paper, triangular grid, putty, 1 meter edge-length model

Source status

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