Khulna University Architecture student Mahamud Hasan Reaz is very passionate about paper work and likes to do origami and pop- up cards. He drew his inspiration from Japanese origamic architecture, very popular form of paper art widely practice all around the world. In his own word “Artist from other countries make their own architecture in the form of pop up. So, I wanted to introduce this kind of art in our country and also make our own famous architecture as pop up.” Reaz is currently moderating a page ‘Vaj Binnash’ (www.facebook.com/vaj.binnash) in a social media site.

His art works involve Origami and Kirigami including pop up cards on architecture, traditional and modern vehicles, action figures of birds and animals and different floral patterns ranging from simple to exceptionally intricate.

Basically ‘Origamic architecture’ is the art of paper cutting and folding to create three-dimensional objects including architectural form, geometric patterns, everyday objects, or other images, -usually from single sheet of paper.

Visually, these creations are comparable to intricate ‘pop-ups’, indeed, some works are deliberately engineered to possess ‘pop-up’-like properties. However, origamic architecture tends to be cut out of a single sheet of paper, whereas most pop-ups involve two or more. To create the three-dimensional image out of the two-dimensional surface requires skill akin to that of an architect.

How to make it:

To make it one needs to draw the outline of the intended shape on the paper first. And then following some easy geometrical techniques other lines are drawn, cut it out and folded accordingly to give its 3d volume. With some design in front cover it is ready to present.