The gap in between the wall and the main building has been roofed with glass to both accentuate a visual separatism and provide sufficient natural light for the atrium and the main building. The atrium is a buffer zone, providing an open space that can be dedicated to public and representational functions. Additionally it proposes a geometrical release between the wall and the main building which otherwise would have been a void. It breeds an environment in doubt, a blurring zone, space in constant turbulence between interiority and exteriority.
The main building consists of two major attached geometric forms: a triangular mass and a rectangular mass. The triangular mass, dedicated to public functions and attached to the main entrance creates a plaza outside the building. The rectangular mass contains private programs and is not accessible to the public. To amplify the longitudinality and monumentality of the interior, a long linear stairway springs from the instant of entry to the third floor along the west elevation of the building, and is indexed as an individual object. v
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