Origami Revit

"Scale allows us to understand the relationship between a representation - a drawing or model - and reality. Being able to draw accurately to scale, and to shift fluidly between scales, is one of the most important aspects of architectural drawing and spatial design." - Portico.Space

Creating Origami models in Revit was easier than I thought. If one remembers the golden rules of Revit family Creation, such as working from a reference image/sketch, creating a Framework, then Testing/Flexing the framework to see if it works, creating origami models in Revit will be a breeze. 

Recreating the swan in the picture above was done in the Conceptual Massing environment. Point elements were placed at corners and areas where folds were made in the origami model. These points were then connected with reference lines.

After the basic framework was created, depth and height was added by raising and dropping the point elements.

Due to reference lines connecting the point elements, it was possible to create surfaces to which materials were added.

Have a great weekend folks!