Emperor’s Castle amazing papercraft

Geoff at BLDGBLOG writes:

For his student thesis project at the Bartlett School of Architecture, Thomas Hillier produced an immersive narrative world, complete with origami-filled hand-cut book pages and an elaborate model of the story’s architectural landscape. Hillier’s project was called The Emperor’s Castle and it was inspired by the work of Japanese printmaker Hiroshige.

I’m blown away by the intricacy of these models. Hillier’s complexity and layering reminds me of the work of Sarah Sze.