material whose smooth and transparent nature allows for a more ethereal inference. In a rather interesting juxtaposition, SANAA took a square and squat form (the overall footprint of the Glass Pavilion) and purposely rounded the exterior and in- terior corners of the wall in plan. On the exterior this creates certain moments where, as the building wraps away from the viewer, it becomes difficult to discern where the wall ends and sky or surrounding site begin. Where the interior corners are met with curves the circulation through the building becomes a sinuous path that terminates in shaped nodes giving views across glass-walled interior gallery spaces, into and through adjacent galleries, workshops and gardens. Thermal transference through the glass walls is dealt with by creating a double wall system allowing galleries and circula- tion to diverge from the rectilinear form of the main floor plan. These double glass walls, running parallel at times and curving away sharply at others, change the light and visibility of and through the spaces This creates areas of layered, play- ful reflections that mirage-like overlay images such as an apartment tower into an adjacent low density neighbourhood.
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