On Youtube illustreert Eric Broug illustrates how to make a muqarnas model out of board paper. You discover how muqarnas are formed from tier to tier. On a frontal look you see a construction of cells. When you look on it from above you see a 2D tiling.

In following applet you can follow the construction of the capital of the film. In the graphic left you can see the top view zie je het bovenzicht. Right you can drag and rotate the 3D-view to look at the capital.