Girih Tiles in 3D
Ulrich Reitebuch, Henriette-Sophie Lipschütz, and Konrad Polthier

Proceedings of Bridges 2018: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Education, Culture
Pages 511–514
Short Papers

Abstract

In Islamic architecture and art, girih patterns are used for decorations of buildings such as mosques or palaces. Based on the construction of 2D girih patterns, we provide a corresponding procedure to construct 3D girih patterns covering ℝ3 completely.

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