TYPICAL OFFICE FLOOR PLAN
Suspended in the main reception , hang the roots . Functioning as receptors , their individual branches carry words related to sensory perception . The suspension of the roots and their consequent reaching into the open clefts of the separate floors , lends to the verticality of the space , and indeed the entire building above .
At the heart of the building , stretching up several levels , is the stem of Transpiration I which spans from floor to ceiling , defining the depth of the void by its presence . The trunk ’ s connection of the floor and ceiling creates tension . It is not a structural architectural element , but instead represents an independent somewhat organic presence expanding through the space . Emerging from the seams of the splitting outer husk are lines of text that speak to the process of organising random stimuli into streams of coherent information .
Piercing through the floor of the upper atrium , and unfolding upward into the sky , is the canopy , its fronds and branches , defined by the lexicon of human emotion in various stages of becoming . The monolithic solidity of the trunk suddenly breaks as it spreads into branches that reach outward and upward , in a motion of liberation . Similar to the way that the suspension of the roots in the lower atrium accent the height of the vertical space , the compression of space in relation to the reach of the canopy accentuates the volume of its surroundings .
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