ABSTRACT
Architectural design carries a long history of evolution of the translation of design intent into built form. In grossly simplified terms design comes down to the simple question of where material is and where it is not. Material organization in space is one approach to embodied computation resulting in the creation of form. In an aesthetic evaluation of the final domed stool, the Delaunay mesh pattern dominates visually with all its aesthetic baggage of the past decade, but due to the reflective pattern of the facets and the transparency in the line of sight the mesh effect of the surface is rendered more volumetric and the play of light and shadow creates a more differentiated reading as a visual lively object. The Bow Tower from an articulated experimental tower project called WhoWhatWhenWhereAir was developed at MIT in 2006. The top of the tower contains a six degree of freedom (DOF) sensor, three gyroscopic sensors, and three accelerometers.
