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 | Rotunda-Drilled Truncated Icosidodecahedron |
This beautiful model is a
truncated icosidodecahedron with a
pentagonal rotunda (Johnson solid J6, or half an
icosidodecahedron) excavated from all twelve of its
decagonal faces, and then further drilled by a central
rhombicosidodecahedron, creating holes
through the model. It has a genus of 11.
As with all true Stewart Toroids, the faces are all regular and do
not intersect each other. There are 20 hexagons, 60 pentagons, 60 squares and
140 equilateral triangles for a total of 280 faces. Stewart mentioned this one
in his book Adventures Among the Toroids, but didn't show a picture.
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At this early stage, the central rhombicosidodecahedron is easy to see.
You should begin construction of this model by putting together the
inner part first.
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Then the twelve rotundas can be attached, and finally the outer faces
are attached between them.
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