John Cage refers to harmony as a condition that can be noticed when different sounds exist at the same time. This idea of his can be read in his composition of the 49 Waltzes where the 147 locations offer 147 harmonic compositions of sounds.
In our building in Brooklyn one can read this idea of harmony when sound is replaced by light. The building as a whole can be read as a composition of light. While stacking is the technique we use, masses of concrete roughly cut are used in a way that the proportions of the masses and the voids give form to an apocalyptic experience. The cracks (cuts) exist both in the horizontal and vertical directions. One could say that those cracks (cuts) function as a notation system that can be used from the body as a path to circulation. These moments of light and darkness manage to transfer the visitor, through a collection of rhythmic stairs and paths, to the highest moment of his experience inside the building, the auditorium. The final outcome of the movement of the body can be identified as an irrational and non rhythmic composition of moments of light and dark conditions. The Auditorium found in the top floor of the building acts as a still moment in the harmonic composition that the building defines.
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