Conceptually the building focuses on using circulation to create chance encounters between users (students, staff, locals) and form new connections, by engaging with one another casually. The building itself attracts students for a multitude of reasons: as a library space, study space, cantine, sit-in restaurants , café and even rooftop bar.
To meet the restaurant and cantine’s needs, the design features a disconnected kitchen building. Preparations before service are completed in the satellite kitchen and are then moved to the main building for cook-off and plating. This reduces fire hazard, frees up a lot of space for additional seating, and allows a road to run between the two buildings for product food deliveries and pick-up.
The architectural promenade features separate building entrances, forming a closed circulation route through the building, from top to bottom. This enables a visitor to traverse the entire building, discovering all the spaces before exiting the building from an alternative exit.
