When we wrote this past November about the opening of the Toyo Ito Architecture Museum (TIMA), we noted how the Steel Hut’s formal language–mainly comprised of faceted polyhedra–”has its roots in the geometric cosmology of Buckminster Fuller’s space frames and dymaxion maps, Louis Kahn’s City Tower proposal, Moshe Safdie’s post-collegiate megastructural projects, not to mention Ito’s own early work.” Now, you can grasp the geometry’s intricate folds yourself with this paper model! All you’ll need are an X-Acto knife, a bit of glue, and a little patience to recreate Ito’s retro-futuristic museum. Use it to brighten up your dingy office desk, launch an illustrious origami career, or relieve you of your impulse to get your M. Arch. Really, it’s a whole lot cheaper.

The Toyo Ito Architecture Museum; Photo: Iwan Baan

by Samuel Medina

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