These establish a grid of values, using raw to finished as one axis and secure to open as the perpendicular axis. In this way, every area of the building has a particular value into which each department organizes itself. Departments requiring security, like the computer facility, are located behind the solid masonry wall, while the more public departments, like advertising, are located behind the exposed wood stud wall. Similarly, departments dealing with product components are located at one end of the building, while departments dealing with complete end products are at the opposite end. As the solid wall moves closer to the executive offices, large square panels of concrete and glass block stand away from the main course of the wall to create spaces for lounge furniture.
Panels facing one another have identical, but opposite patterns.
For instance, a panel with 12 windows of glass block set within a masonry wall is juxtaposed across from a panel with 12 frames of masonry set within a wall of glass block. Each vortex seems to break through to the level below. Here, transluscent glass wall panels set within the stud frame wall brighten meeting rooms adjacent to the vortex. Birch, walnut and mahogany are used for the executive offices. Their application looks more like plain plywood than fine woods.