Modular Origami Diagrams
These modulars are made available by the origami community at large. If you have a model that you would like to share, or if you see your model here and would like it removed, please Contact Us. Diagrams are intended for personal use. Copyright of the models lie with the origami creators and designers. Please contact the designer and/or creator directly for non-private usage of a model and/or artwork.
Some people love modular origami. So satisfying to fold the units and have it assembled into a beautiful model - almost like magic! Other people hate modular origami. Why would anyone want to fold the same simple unit over and over again? These people prefer the regular kind of origami: one sheet = one model. Give it a try and see what you think.
Many of the diagrams here are from Modular MM Mania - it's a must see site. As well, see pictures at Modular Origami, and P&O Origami.
The value in between the parentheses represent the number of units needed to complete the modular origami model.
Ball-Like Models
Arabesque (30u) .....M Tsugawa
Bucky Unit (+20u) .....D Petty Butterfly Ball (12u): 1, 2, 3 ......K Kawamura Chrysanthemum (30u) .....Leroy Curler Units (6u, 12u, 30u) pic, pic ......H van Goubergen Fiore II .....C Riccardo Foot Ball (20u) .....M Leonard Jitterbug (20u) .....TK Lam Modular Ball (6u) .....F Kawahata Moreno's Unit (12u, 30u) .....JA Moreno Orb (12u): 1, 2 .....J Mosely Sonobe Unit . . . (12u) Stellated Octahedron . . . (30u) Stellated Icosahedron Spiral Star (6u) .....G Bubniak Windowed Icosahedron .....TK Lam Yoshino Star .....Yoshino That Simple Unit (3u to 20u) ......C Esseltine
Frames & Open Models
120º Unit (18u to 48u) .....F Ow
135º Unit (36u to 150u) .....F Ow
Icosahedron (20u) .....C Sprung
James Planks's Models:
Square Module (12u) cube
Triangle Module: (6u) tetra,
. . . . . . . . . . . (12u)
octa,
. . . . . . . . . . . (30u) dodeca
Pentagon Module (30u) dodeca
PHiZZ Unit (30u)...T Hull
5 Intersecting Tetrahedra (30u) (video) .....T Hull
6 Intersecting Squares (24u) .....JC Lucero
various interlocking frames .....D Kwan
Books about Modular Origami - Marvelous Modular Origami by Mukerji
- Polyhedron Origami for Beginners (Origami Classroom) by M Kawamura
- Origami Wreaths and Rings by David Petty
- Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations by Tomoko Fuse
- Unit Polyhedron Origami by Tomoko Fuse
- 3-D Geometric Origami by Rona Gurkewitz and Bennett
- Modular Origami Polyhedra (Origami) by Lewis Simon, Bennett Arnstein, and Rona Gurkewitz
- Multimodular Origami Polyhedra: Archimedeans, Buckyballs and Duality by Rona Gurkewitz and Bennett Arnstein
- see these books in: USA
, Canada , UK , Germany , France

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