Modeling Rhombicosidodecahedron

by Tuğrul Yazar | December 15, 2024 19:38

The rhombicosidodecahedron, an Archimedean solid[1], is one of the 13 convex polyhedra[2] made up of regular polygons. While all its faces are congruent, they consist of various types of regular polygons. I previously explored[3] this fascinating polyhedron and am revisiting it now as part of the Architectural Geometry[4] course. In this short tutorial video, I demonstrate the modeling of a rhombicosidodecahedron. Despite its lengthy and unusual name, this polyhedron is truly a remarkable and beautiful structure. I hope that this and other tutorials are useful for beginner-level architectural and design students.

In the freshmen-year Architectural Geometry course, I’ve been guiding students through a series of in-class exercises that cover Euclidean constructions, basic drawing and transformation commands, introductory fractals, regular and semi-regular tessellations, patterns, and the modeling and unrolling of polyhedra using Rhinoceros software. I designed these concise drawing exercises and tutorials to benefit junior architects, interior designers, industrial designers, and enthusiasts from various disciplines. I plan to publish these exercises weekly on my blog and other platforms. This week’s exercise focuses on modeling a rhombicosidodecahedron. So, please follow me here and on other platforms to encourage me to produce more content like this. Thank you.

The software used in this course is Rhinoceros 3d (www.rhino3d.com[5]). However, if you want to find out more and see the whole list of this video series, you can check my YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@designcodingnet[6] and my blog at: www.designcoding.net/[7]. You can also check my Instagram page at www.instagram.com/designcodingnet/[8]. The music of this video is ‘Absolution’ by Scott Buckley (CC-BY 4.0). www.scottbuckley.com.au[9]

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