FREEDOM TOWER

Tehran's most iconic landmark ( )

Design: Nina Mortazavi, 2017
Diagram: Nina Mortazavi, 2020
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
This diagram is for a one-sided tower. You can also make it two-sided by
repeating all the steps on the second layer of the paper, but obviously that will be
more complicated. In that case it's recommended to use same color paper in a larger size.

1. Valley fold diagonally. 2. Rotate 45 degree clockwise.

3. Fold and unfold. 4. Fold each side to

the middle crease just created.

5. Make a pinch 6. Make a valley fold from the 7. Legs should be

in the middle. pinch parallel to the sides. aligned (as shown).

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 8. Zoom in. 9. Mountain fold 10. Valley or mountain fold
(divide angle in half). (divide angles in half).
In the last 3 folds (Step 9 & 10),
fold direction is not important.
We only need to create lines
on the legs (Check the final design).

11. Repeat on the right side. 12. Turn over. 13.

14. Petal fold. 15. Flatten the paper. 16. Valley fold all layers
except the legs.

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 17. Turn over. 18. 19. On each side,
fold the front two layers from
the middle to the sides; then unfold.

20. Fold in half using 21. Fold along the crease 22. Mountain fold.
the crease created on Step 19 created in Step 19. Bend top (There is no ref. point)
(Top of the tower won't be flat). of the tower to the back side Try to flatten the top
(still won't be flat). as much as you can.

23. Mountain fold.

(There is no ref. point)

24. Shape the arch and the top.

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