Yes it's true, the site is flat as a pancake. I'll talk about this more once I have the images of the physical models, however if one take the analogy of the swimmer it may be easier to understand why this is so significant to my circulatory approach to the the site.The swimmer wants to move the fastest through the water with the least resistance and therefore least work. As a competitive swimmer myself since age six, I know that the swimmer's primary strategy is to maintain a horizontal form in the water in which the mid-line of the body is parallel to the surface of the water, while the legs and arms displace water to propel the body. In plan this is not dissimilar to the "gravity point" of circulation on the north section of the site, and in section there is a kind of efficient circulation formed that maintains this horizon, while secondary and tertiary circulatory systems may be above/below grade.
(The bubble diagram shows program in terms of circulation with the resistance shown as gradients) The drawings show the site with the vectors projected onto it.
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