Help with folded structure

Hey guys,

I have a picture of an origami structure that I've been trying to replicate in grasshopper. I've been trying to use the origami component in kangaroo but I don't think it can work with this shape. I was wondering if anyone could give me a start or if this is even possible in grasshopper? Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Piker on September 24, 2017 at 11:57am

I'm pretty sure this is not actually origami in the classical sense, but in fact many separate pieces of paper folded into pyramids and stuck onto a flat surface.

If it were folded from a single sheet without cuts, then the angles around each vertex would have to sum to 360°, which they clearly do not in that image.

If you allow separate pieces like this, then the only restriction is that the angles around each internal vertex in a single piece must sum to 360°.

A reverse image search tells me it is the work of Matthew Shlian, and on his website he says he doesn't use parametric software.