If both the Springtecture and Rooftecture
are experiments, they are experiments in surface, and the possibility
of defining space through surface. Corrugated metal, and other
materials are bent, stretched and twisted - among other formal
maneuvers - to define spaces through the manipulation of minimal
two-dimensional surfaces. It is paper architecture super-sized
to life-size structures via the appropriate materials. Although
not a new idea, Endo's technique is unique and exhibits the stamp
of his authorship, enough that he even coined his own terms for
his designs.
