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This course reintroduces the Archimedean solids through a new methodology, emphasizing the unseen internal spaces that belong to this foundational set of polyhedra. It explores how these thirteen shapes not only relate to their platonic origins but also exist in an active relationship with each other.

This expansive approach challenges the way that these forms have been conventionally understood and opens new doors for creative exploration.

Here students will be led through a hands-on process of nesting Archimedean forms within each other while observing how the angles within each form must be adjusted to accommodate different arrangements. Attendees will construct nets of a unique group of intermediary shapes and develop skills in ruler, compass, and paper craft to aid in future experimentation.  

Through constructing these forms by hand students will gain a unique understanding of the internal composition of the Archimedean system, its parts, and their relationships as they may benefit fields of sculpture, architecture, and 3D design.