Contemporary Methods in Architectural Design

Abstract

The paper focuses on design methods and possible uses of origami structures in architecture and interior design. I study and document the works and paper models by theoreticians such as: Joseph Albers, who used to teach origami techniques to architects and designers at the Bauhaus school; Anton Vranka, the pioneer of bionic architecture, based on transforming surfaces into threedimensional structures; Yoshinobu Miyamoto, a contemporary Japanese architect and scholar focusing on origami architecture; and Paul Jackson, an origami artist who abstracts and categorises folding techniques for use in design