LOOSING CONTROL?

Maybe looking up precedences IS a good way to move forward. I decided to  my project from a more volumetric perspective and instead of ramps, I think I am going to go with linear connections between the floor plates.

Since the scheme I came up with for the intermediate plan was different but referential to both plans (cross-symmetry and juxtaposition of big + small rooms), I think I will carry that to the vertical dimension in that the connections between floor plates should have an "alternating" pattern to create interesting spaces. At the same time, these connecting "ramps/slopes" will displace most of the walls and be indicative of a spatial system, which I have not quite figured out yet.

As for legibility, I think this is a better representation of my idea to have a "in-between" plane.
My concern is whether my design was too dependent on the formal relationships and the spaces created was not interesting enough. Maybe this is still not a thesis? 

I went ahead and modified the floor plates and to actually connect these planes, at the same time I was hoping to create a continuous system that almost looks like the floors are cracking. But I found that the circulation system is not too harmonious with the planes I created. At this point I think my thesis on the vertical level is still unconsolidated..  so I still find it difficult to make closures.  I asked my instructor whether I should work on the geometry in section to come up with a thesis or I should just think about it 3-dimensionally and continue tweaking the floor planes, her words:


"very exciting - that the circulation is not harmonious is exactly great - now use it and think of transitional geometries, think of how the stairs push out in space and may take that which contains them with them. (you may study Scott Cohen, Tel Aviv Museum for that, or his house in ordos. See how geometry is used to emphasize tension, incongruities in the design, or also suggests a dynamic)
Try to propose several solutions for the stairs and also the facades."

The vertical geometry should then be able to convey tension/incongruities/dynamic between the floor plates, between floor plates and the stairs, between the facade and the interior spaces. I have to work out several solutions to this problem. I feel a little bit lost since I am not sure this direction I went is the most appropriate one, but I guess I will have to work it out and see what's in it then. Sometimes going without knowing might be a bliss.