The building derives its formal language from a parti of brush strokes. If each stroke is read as a movement, the lines begin to read as directions. When coupling two opposite strokes, a moment is created. A minefield of directionality strewn across both plan and section pushes and pulls the inhabitant throughout the building. The pinwheel layout creates circulation that pivots about the center to connect individual spaces and provide them motion. The invisible forces created by the angled walling propel the inhabitants to branch out to key program areas, where the flow calms down into pockets of eddies.
The convergence of the orthogonal and the skewed is resolved through a method of subtraction. The intersection of two spaces is remedied through a hierarchy of programs, dictating which volume supersedes the other. At the smaller scale, the orthogonal becomes the void embedded within the poche.
