Origamic Architecture
and
M. C. Escher's Tessellation

Masahiro Chatani(1934- ), a Japanese architect created a new paper artform named Origamic Architecture in 1981. His incredible master pieces can be seen at Masahiro Chatani's web site (Written in Japanese).

M. C. Escher (1898-1972) drew many works of the Regular Division of the Plane. Those works can be seen at M. C. Escher's Official web site.

All works shown here were born by combination of Origamic Architecture and Escher’s tessellation.

Just cut and folded using two sheets of paper different colors.
(C) Takaaki Kihara	Fish and Birds '51 (Escher's Drawing)

Just one sheet of paper cut and folded.
(C) Takaaki Kihara	Pegasus '59 (Escher's Drawing)	(C) Takaaki Kihara

Development 1 '37 (Escher's Woodcut)	Snakes '41

Birds '59		Day and Night (Escher's Woodcut) 　(Escher's Drawing)

Pelicans '67 (Escher's Drawing)		Winged Dogs '45 (Escher's Drawing)

	Dogs '55

Horsemen '46 (Escher's Drawing)		Fish '54 (Escher's Drawing)

Origamic Architecture
and
The Impossible Structures

M. C. Escher is most famous for his so-called impossible structures, such as
Ascending and Descending other than the works of tessellation.

Penrose Stairs;the Impossible Structure

Penrose Stairs by Origamic Architecture

The Impossible Chatani Stairs
	Designed by Masahiro Chatani

Origamic Architecture and Escher by Ingrid Siliakus
Ingrid Siliakus,Origamic Architect of the Netherlands, made incredible Origamic
Architectural works of impossible structures inspired by the works of Escher.

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