The Menil Pavilion explores how the architectural element of the wall can be scaled, duplicated, and broken in order to create a gradient of experience. The base form is a series of evenly spaced walls which decrease by 1’ each succession towards the south east corner of the site. By fragmenting these walls with paths and courtyards, I created breaks in the field of walls for people to inhabit. In addition to the system of walls, I overlapped a landscape which responded to a large windowless wall on the site by treating it as a possible base for projection. In the center, an amphitheater provides a flexible event space and conditioned seats for people to rest. The effect of these interacting and overlapping systems is a field of walls that protect and activate the spaces within. The walls create shaded niches for people to discover while also providing corridors that guide people into the spaces. Within the spaces, the slope of the walls frame the drawing institute like landscape. The degrading sequence of walls creates an effect similar to the ruins of buildings – a curious space that draws the visitor in.