Вы можете использовать изменение формы так:
>>> a = np.r_[np.tril(np.random.randint(1, 10, (10, 10))), np.random.randint(1, 10, (5, 10))]
>>> a
array([[7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[9, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[5, 3, 6, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[7, 2, 8, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[6, 1, 3, 6, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[7, 4, 1, 2, 9, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[2, 9, 7, 3, 7, 7, 4, 0, 0, 0],
[2, 4, 2, 9, 1, 6, 8, 8, 0, 0],
[8, 5, 4, 5, 2, 6, 5, 5, 8, 0],
[9, 3, 4, 6, 1, 4, 8, 3, 9, 1],
[3, 7, 7, 7, 3, 7, 9, 8, 2, 1],
[8, 1, 2, 6, 3, 1, 4, 8, 7, 8],
[5, 8, 4, 6, 1, 1, 9, 7, 5, 6],
[7, 3, 9, 9, 1, 1, 3, 4, 8, 1],
[4, 7, 7, 5, 7, 9, 4, 8, 2, 7]])
>>>
>>> m, n = a.shape
>>> buffer = np.zeros((m+1, n), dtype=a.dtype, order='F')
>>> buffer.ravel(order='F')[:m*n].reshape(m, n, order='F')[...] = a
>>> result = buffer[:-1]
>>> result
array([[7, 4, 6, 2, 5, 8, 4, 8, 8, 1],
[9, 3, 8, 6, 9, 7, 8, 5, 9, 1],
[5, 2, 3, 2, 7, 6, 5, 3, 2, 8],
[7, 1, 1, 3, 1, 6, 8, 8, 7, 6],
[6, 4, 7, 9, 2, 4, 9, 8, 5, 1],
[7, 9, 2, 5, 1, 7, 4, 7, 8, 7],
[2, 4, 4, 6, 3, 1, 9, 4, 2, 0],
[2, 5, 4, 7, 3, 1, 3, 8, 0, 0],
[8, 3, 7, 6, 1, 1, 4, 0, 0, 0],
[9, 7, 2, 6, 1, 9, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[3, 1, 4, 9, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[8, 8, 9, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[5, 3, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[7, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]])