In my study, I focused on the large stairwell area in the middle of the Rapson addition. Through both my value drawings and my sketches, I determined that the spot I had chosen could be seen as a microcosm of the entire building. The staircase going to the second floor was much more enclosed and had no connection to the outside, much like the oldest part of Rapson Hall. However, the staircase next to it that goes to the basement is much the opposite. Like the addition as a whole, the building seemed to break down, as the exterior wall dissolves into solid glass and the staircase landing hits right at ground level, making it seem like an extension of the ground plane and blurring the lines between inside and out. Even interior walls are reduced to simple beams. These ideas were then expressed in a final value drawing, as well as a final schematic drawing.