Unfolding a Dodecahedron to Produce a Stage

​
fold stage
lift dodecahedron
At the closing ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games held in Sydney, the convertible stage was a dodecahedron. Two congruent parts were unfolded to form a flat stage, folded up again, and then lifted on a central pole.

External Links

Dodecahedron (Wolfram MathWorld)

Permanent Citation

Sándor Kabai
​
​"Unfolding a Dodecahedron to Produce a Stage"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/UnfoldingADodecahedronToProduceAStage/​
​Wolfram Demonstrations Project​
​Published: June 1, 2007