“The word monumentality should be eliminated from the architectural vocabulary as a characteristic desirable for buildings in a democratic society.”

-Gregor Paulsson

This statement implies that monumentality has been coined as a self-serving gesture that holds no place in modern society - a permanent and immovable expression of autocratic purpose. Inversely, systems of motion and autonomy are called to mind as a logical subversion to this position. Rather than direct opposition, this project proposes that the promenade offers an opportunity for the co-existence of strengths within both – the static and the dynamic. Here, place and purpose, permanence and motion, simultaneously occur to generate alternative readings of monumentality. Rather than spotlighting a singular intensity of purpose, monumentality can now be understood as both fixed and fluid. Drawing influence from artist Nanette Carter, this project exemplifies how contrasting elements work in tandem with one another to highlight movement as both circulation and destination. The sensation of movement within its overall form is expressed through the grand gesture of the promenade that is reflected in both interior and exterior. The dynamic language of push and pull between elongated forms operates concurrently with the solidity of each singular mass and their postured forms.