Internally the building is as complex as its exterior. Wide corridors
connect the dorm rooms and the building's amenities: dining,
fitness center and a theater, among other facilities. Eight atria
connect the floors vertically in a manner more flowing than rigid,
contrasting the regimented exterior (click for section). The combination of circulation
with dorm rooms and ancillary functions is the primary programmatic
solution that reinforces the notion of the building as a slice
of the city. Parts of the city are lifted into the building and
inserted next to internal streets, for use by students and their
guests, in effect making the building a contemporary re-interpretation
of Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation in Marseilles, France.
