Wanting to complete the exploration of the Walker Art Center's plan, I have overlaid an image with an example of the meandering path. There are three entries (parking garage, Hennepin and sculpture garden), but no matter which entry you enter into, you can meander around the museum almost never retracing your steps.
Prior to the addition, the plan was a basic rectangle (on the right side) and circulation was mostly vertical with stacked galleries above the auditorium space. In the original building, stairs are used to circulate around the elevator core, so the galleries step up in pinwheel fashion.
I like your sketch and quick analysis. It seems like there are lots of long, horizontal planes in this building.and entrances are tucked into the corners of these planes. Do you like that spatial quality? Or do you like the offset angles between horizontal planes that make the rectangular 'box' form more interesting?
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