"A feeling of diffusion and expansiveness is a beautiful feature of the lawn. A traditional placement of the sculpture would have fundamentally altered this sense by creating a central focal point. I chose a site on the periphery, that could be seen from anywhere in the area, but that one would have to choose to come to. Trees and bushes mediate between the scale of the sculpture and the grandeur of the new School of Law building, insuring that the sculpture is not visually overpowered, and giving the Annex a spot of its own."

"The Department of Forensic Morphology Annex is similar in scale to a very small building, and refers to the Observatory Building and the Boeing Wind Tunnel Building, two of my favorite buildings on campus. Both are hidden in plain view. Both house the study of a science that has had enormous impact on how we understand the world. I built this sculpture to house the future department of a field that does not yet exist. Morphology is the study of form and structure of animals and plants, without regard for function. It also refers to the branch of linguistics that deals with the internal structure and forms of words. Linking these studies to forensic science- well, just imagine the possibilities."

"The Department of Forensic Morphology Annex is a complex, intricate structure. The constantly changing curvature of the piece is described with geometric plates of stainless steel. The geodesic frame articulates space much differently than the skin. The stainless steel is rigid, but because it appears to be stitched together like a patchwork, it refers to fabric. The play of light and color on the surface help dematerialize the form, breaking it into blue and green and silver grays as it reflects trees and sky and sunlight. The outside and the inside form a surprising relationship, the outside folding into the inside in ways that are unexpected. The massiveness of the exterior conceals an interior that is porous and intricate, weblike and linear, a play of light and shadow. When one peers inside at the framework and how the skin seems to sit gently over the frame, there is the illusion that the skin is flexible enough that it could be draped over another frame to make an entirely different form. There is something very playful about that, similar to the way that children will drape a blanket over a chair and a card table to create a makeshift structure with an interior space that functions as a ship, or a fort—a springboard for imagination and play. I would like for Forensic Morphology to elicit a similar sense of wonder and discovery."
Cris Bruch