So even the Egg wanted to change. It happened after I’d talked with Ostap. He’s the architect, and we were talking about how to actually build an egg. Triangles came up. How domes are built. So, much later I was thinking about it and the idea came of the skin of the egg not being solid. Being something that you could see through. Not glass. So the idea of expanded steel mesh. Heavier than the mesh used to plaster walls. If it was on the outside and the inside of the “ribs” that were the structure of the egg, it would give the appearance of walls, but you’d be able to see through them. This seemed good. Connecting the inside with the outside instead of being a solid building that completely separated the interior from the environment. This appealed to my idea of it being a monument, not a building. Plus the connection of outside and inside. Of them being one. Would eliminate the need for heat and air conditioning. So I began working with this.
