Indeed, for all the brash creativity reflected in its arrangement of shapes and structures, the facility's most compelling feature is its simplicity. Again, it allows nature to do much of its decorative work, with its entrance way dominated by the effect of the reflecting pool. The buildings themselves have a stately Ivy League campus quality, with archways leading to outdoor perimeter corridors and essentially classical European constructions. But the appearance of the buildings from across the pool reveals a serenity that appeals to the institution's goal of scholarly and creative inspiration. So too do its bare and unadorned interiors, which draw their warmth from the generous inlet of sunlight that is a core goal of the construction. Windows, skylights and opened passageways allow the individual to sense this integration with nature even when indoors.

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Its connectivity to the land already in place denotes a continuity with and respect for the area's immediate architectural history. But of course, the project is decidedly of this time, denoting in its radical free flow of objects and buildings the unrestrained experimentation with media forms and new technologies that occur within its walls.
In that regard, it can be said that the facility is a success both as a groundbreaking work of art and as an inspiration to those who will use it. And the appeal which it makes to its natural surroundings should be viewed with deference by other architects, as it speaks volumes not just of the creativity which entered into the construction process, but also of the philosophically and practically sound understanding of land use which informed it.