The integration of geometry and material behaviour, alongside the pursuit of sustainability and efficiency in construction processes, aims to enable the development of structurally optimized and resource-efficient systems that meet the demands of modern architectural and engineering applications. An emerging research direction involves the integration of origami-inspired geometries into textile-reinforced concrete (TRC), offering new pathways for lightweight and material-efficient construction. This study investigates the drapability and deformation behaviour of biaxially reinforced non-crimp carbon fabrics when manually shaped into waterbomb tessellation modules. Two distinct waterbomb geometries - differing in internal folding angles - are tested using various carbon textile architectures to assess their formability and structural performance. Initially, individual modules of the waterbomb are folded to evaluate the interaction between textile architecture and geometric complexity. Subsequently, a system of three connected modules is constructed to observe the cumulative effects of geometry and material on global and bigger scale draping behaviour. Key parameters such as undulation, gaps, loop formation, and fibre displacement are analysed for each configuration. The results highlight the influence of textile architecture, internal folding angle of the origami geometry, and scale on the foldability and surface quality of the reinforcement. This study contributes to the development of optimized tessellated textile configurations for integration into TRC components and underscores the importance of geometry–material compatibility for future automated forming processes.