Monolith

The project

A civic hall defined by a single vertical incision — a cathedral of scale that frames the city sky as its only ornament.

Monolith concentrates the experience of a civic hall into a simple relationship: an enclosed volume and a vertical view of the sky. The incision makes the scale of the interior legible without adding ornament.

The eye follows the light upward. Heavy surfaces become a frame for something that cannot be built or held still, giving the hall a connection to the city beyond its walls.