Mathematisches Origami

Platonische Körper

Platonic Solids are the most regular polyhedra: all faces are the same regular polygon, and they look the same at every vertex. The Greek philosopher Plato discovered that there are only five solids with these properties. He believed that the they correspond to the four ancient Elements, Earth, Water, Air and Fire, as well as the Universe.

Archimedische Körper

Archimedean Solids, like the Platonic ones, consist of regular Polygons and look the same at every vertex. However the faces are multiple different regular polygons. There are 13 Archimedean Solids, two of which are reflections of each other. Explore 3D models on Polypad…

Sterne und Verbindungen

Intersecting Tetrahedra

Intersecting Cubes

Intersecting Dodecahedra

Icosahedron and Dodecahedron

Icosahedron and Icosidodecahedron

Spiked Icosahedron

Stellated Icosahedron

Two Tetrahedra and a Sunken Cube

Intersection of Four Cubes

Three Cubes and Two Tetrahedra

Schöne Origami-Kunstwerke

Origami Ball

Windmill

Intersecting Planes

Ornamental Omega

Dragons

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