Building the Schwarz D-Surface from Paper Tiles

Year: 2012 Authors: Stephen Luecking

Core claim

A single congruent hypar kite can serve as the fundamental patch for paper construction of both the 60° saddle rhombus and 90° saddle hexagon tilings of the Schwarz D-surface.

Topics

periodic minimal surfaces, paper model construction, saddle polygons, triangulation

Domains

geometry, minimal surfaces, tilings, polyhedra, paper craft, mathematical modeling, surface design

Methods

triangulation, unfolding patterns, folding, assembly

Media

paper, printed fold patterns, scored fold lines

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