Would you believe that this came out of a simple parabolic hyperboloid?
It was iteratively mirror cut using Michael Pryor's latest grasshopper plugin "Mesh Mirror Cut" which replicates the well-known Maya command "Mirror Cut", you can download it here http://bit.ly/2stjtiE
All of that iterated by the well-known Anemone plugin. The result is this spread of iteratively mirrored objects, a process which explains the very nature of generative design at its best.