Sultan Han - from 2D to 3D
from tiling to muqarnas
In the nexr drawing you can se how the scheme of the muqarnas in Sultan Han is built up as a creative tiling of rhombuses around an 8-pointed star. The connection with the rectangular border is realised with just two extra shapes: a triangle and a kite.
On the drawing of Shiro Takahashi you can see how this tiling is turned into muqarnas. The lines that mark the tiers don't just run straight through the drawing.
- All squares are intersected in such a way that in 2D they are devided into a large biped and a jug. This makes they are realised in the muqarnas in two different levels (see biped and jug)
- The rhombuses are treated in two different ways. - The lying ones match with the basic shape of the rhombus. - The standing rhombuses are intersected by the lines of the tiers. In the muqarnas they are realised in two different levels (see biped and almond)