The site for this project is located in an unlikely art mecca in a desert city called Marfa, Texas. Visitors are attracted to the unique vibe and ambiance that the city offers. The design of the building is influenced by the studies of tourism throughout the city. I began to research movements and patterns of people throughout the year based on popular locations. The creation of the density maps visualizes the dissipation and accumulation of visitors through each season. This led to the development of the concept: temporality.

Human experience is temporal when you are in that moment; much like the temporal experience of the visitors. Through more analysis, I began to correlate temporality through the performing arts such as dance. I started to experiment with the movement of smoke because it is synonymous with the movement of dancing. Each motion is temporal and never stagnant nor static. Architecture can embody the same experience.