layers_of_site

by mcanadayuncc

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{Sky

Landscape

Stratification}

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The three layers:

1)  The stratification of the earth: The park amphitheater stone setting. The courthouse stair. Entry. Circulation. Fossil. Patina. Foundation.

2)  The mediating ground plane: outstretching land bound by the forest edge and man-made transportation edge (the highway). The public. Private. The courtset. The courthouse.

3)  The view beyond: the emersion into the sky, the focus on the sky. The views of the city beyond. The overarching views of the law. Transparent. Open. The vast beyond.