View of exterior curtain-wall of the exterior of the thin "vertical-slab"/ "core-building" -- its the northern facade -- with horizontal panels of frosted, translucent, and transparent glass. This wall curtain-wall sheathes and illuminates giant "window-slots" to atrium, service lobbies, firestairs, open elevator shaft and cabs, and other mechanical service cores.







Aerial view of "service layers" of the building at Isabella Street showing the northern exterior of the thin "vertical-slab"/ "core-building." Behind this translucent/ transparent slim orthogonal-bar is the full-metal-jacket "skyline-silhouette" of "blind-towers and mechanical pavilions.
The strict layering system allows the roof of the serpentine office block to be free from any cluttering of mechanical penthouses. Each layer is of "pure" volume, horizontally juxtaposed to each other.
The corner pavilion with a curve canopy is the main entrance.


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