Right: This is the first concept drawing of the school. It is a very regular, closed-form building to allow an elegant structural solution

The project was designed in model form. This is the first study model, showing the structural system of a ridge beam with ribs to support a shell-roof. Immediately the project brought to mind skeletons (specifically dinosaur skeletons!) Using ribs to represent the roof surface made it difficult for people to visualize how the form would be once the roof was on, but provided the benefit that one could see inside to work out the interior spaces. The adjacencies were almost completely worked out in this model.

To make floor plans and sections, the model was digitized and the projected views were printed out from a 3d modeling program. At this point, the stage still faced out of the center of the plan and had a Eurythmy room above it. The idea was to take advantage of the views out over the trees, as well as under them in the classrooms.