Design by Peter Query

The Orion puzzle is based upon a rhombic dodecahedron. This geometric sphere can, just like a ball, piled up in different shapes. For example, the Belugeuze is a puzzle of 240 pieces in where the Orion puzzle is used as a base. The Orion pyramids use the same connection principle as the Betulgeuze puzzle. The shape of the puzzle described here looks like a pyramid with a triangle base.

The smallest Orion pyramid is in fact build out of four cages. This puzzle is constructed with 44 pieces.

The next Orion pyramid is based on ten normal Orion puzzles. These are pilled up to a pyramid of three layers. To make this puzzle you have to fabricate 152 pieces. The last Orion pyramid shown here is formed by 20 cages and is constructed out of 320 pieces. If the pieces of this puzzle are 10 cm long the puzzle will be approximately 75 cm high.

The pieces which are used to construct the Orion pyramids are described at the section of the Betelgeuze puzzle. If you understand the principle of the Orion puzzle, than is the construction of the puzzles not difficult but can be very time consuming. You can figure out for yourself which pieces you need to make the different constructions.

In fact much more different puzzles can be made based upon the Orion puzzle. The family of Orion pyramids can be extended to the infinity. The amount of pieces however will increase exponential. The next three pyramids are build with 560, 884 or 1304 pieces respectively. An example of another construction is the Orion ring shown below. As a principle all figures that can be build with rhombic dodecahedrons can be constructed based on Orion puzzles.