T hi s “ archaeol ogi cal lib rar y ,� si tu a te d o n a h y p o th eti c al col l eg e cam pus, ser v es as a storag e spa c e for c la ssi c a l Gre e k a n d Ro m an ar chaeol ogi cal f i nds whi l e prov idi ng stu d y /rea d i n g ro o ms for vi si ti n g scholars. T he bui l di ng has cl ear horiz ont al and ver ti c a l a xes , wh i ch s et i n p la ce t he col u m nar gri d dri v i ng the program . Co lu mn s are c a teg orize d i n a h i erar chy f rom structural to storag e to ornam enta l. Th e stora g e c o lu mn s o p e n u p to rev eal shel v es f or val ua bl e f i nds i nsid e , p ro vid i n g a c o n sta n tly cha n gi ng i nteri or landscape as shel v es are opened a n d c lo s e d . Th e s e c o n d a n d th ird f l oors are ti ered and d edi ca ted to study s pa c es , a c o mp u ter la b , a n d a conser va ti on la b. T he ex teri or col u m ns are a ll s emi- stru c tu ra l b u t are h o llo wed a t t he core to crea te a paradoxi cal sen s e o f sta bi li ty a n d fu r th er e n gag e t he v i si tor wi t h t he ti m el ess sym bol of th e c o lu mn .
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