Three-dimensional mass effects are enhanced by two-dimensional tattoos inscribed into the most intensely stretched areas; however, the relation between mass and tattoos is a loose, non-parametric one. Existing as separate entities rather than as a sub-system, tattoos slip and drift over mass edges and create ambiguity in the reading of the mass.

The construction is based on supercomponents, or the idea that chunk-logic is as relevant to the 21st century as frame-and-infill logic was to the 20th century. Commonly used for encapsulating helicopters and tanks, industrial shrink wrap tightly encapsulates box-like frames made of rolled aluminum pipe and nylon straps. Components are fabricated on the ground as volumetric, stiff chunks—complete with tattoos—and then lifted into place and spliced together structurally.