The floor-to-ceiling glass reinforces the school’s unique location by opening up a sweeping view outdoors through the glass to doors beyond, which leads to the riverfront. The space can then adapt to a fully open lobby as the segmented panels individually slide to one side, disappearing within minutes. The NanaWall system typifies SOM’s inventive and graceful adaptation of the original 1972 structure, which stands as a rather effective symbol of architecture's Brutalist movement.
