This, the first in a series of prototypes, exhibits a viable structure of complete elegance.  Every material component is both structural and aesthetic.  As hoped, it is more like a material than a structure. It exhibits a quality that is much different from traditional man-made structural systems in that it is shaped and formed by the size and shapes of its components, not by an outside force or frame. This aspect of the material is more like biological tissue which is grown one cell at a time with each cell’s size, shape and function determining the shape of the greater whole. It was created with a simple Visual Basic gradient script, through which manipulation of very simple input parameters determines the component gradient and frequency, dictating the entire assembled shape.

Every part of the whole is visible but to varying degrees and there is nothing added for decoration purposes. Although an early experiment, it also exhibits a critical experiential extension. Were it approached at an inhabitable scale, its opaque outer skin would only partially divulge the entire structural reality.  Were the whole system to be immediately understood, the experience of interpretation and discovery would be short and unsatisfying. Instead, visitors would experience an opaque yet exciting exterior shell, only discovering the compression posts and tension pins on the inside.