Exploring the Paradoxes of Paradoxical Geometry, For New Ideas

Spatial arrangements that seem to defy logic.

Regia Marinho
4 min readJan 10, 2023

“You don’t see something until you have the right metaphor to let you perceive it”
James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science.

Paradoxical geometry is a term used to describe certain types of geometries or spatial arrangements that seem to defy logic or common sense.

Paradoxical Abstract Geometry.

Paradoxical Abstract Geometry. 2023 Regia Marinho.

These types of geometries may involve impossible shapes, self-intersecting figures, or other types of paradoxes that challenge our understanding of space and dimension.

One well-known example of paradoxical geometry is…

The Penrose triangle.

It is a three-dimensional figure that appears to have impossible angles and impossible lines of symmetry.

The Penrose triangle, also known as the Penrose tribar, the impossible triangle, is a triangular impossible object, an optical illusion consisting of an object which can be shown in a perspective drawing but cannot exist as a solid object.

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Regia Marinho
Regia Marinho

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