The building enclosure consists of three parts. The external shell is alternately clad in opaque aluminium and transparent glazed panels that correspond to the solar path - helping regulate the internal temperature. In a playful allusion to the importance of colour in the original campus, the supporting steel frame - which is formed of radial geometries - is painted yellow, making the structure legible and emphasising the cavity between the inner and outer skins. A translucent glass fibre inner membrane acts as a diffuser to spread natural light, ‘glowing’ with ambient light throughout the day and subtly registering the weather outside in a dappled play of reflections and patterns over its surface. Views through the transparent panels and openings allow glimpses of the sky above, with the light diaphanous envelope giving an impression of being surrounded by light and air.