Platonic Solids · 3D
Golden Rectangles
Three φ rectangles inside the icosahedron
Three golden rectangles (sides 1 : φ) interlocked at right angles. Their twelve corners are exactly the vertices of the icosahedron.
- Rectangles
- 3
- Ratio
- 1 : φ
- Corners
- 12
Turn it in your hands, strike it to hear the chord of its edges, slice it with a plane.
Facts
- Each rectangle passes through the other two, like Borromean rings.
- Coordinates: cyclic permutations of (0, ±1, ±φ).
- Le Corbusier’s Modulor and many facades are built on golden rectangles.
Learn it step by step
- Journey The Golden ThreadStep 6: Three golden rectangles
