By studying and modeling the Gatchina Palace egg by Carl Fabergé in this studio with Professor Ryo Imaeda, I came to understand its features and structural components that are not apparent upon a glance. I then applied and developed these unique aspects of converging gold frames, elaborate tracings, and carved spaces from the egg into the design for an ancillary facility for Skidmore College’s Tang Teaching Museum. To further enhance the museum’s mission and education goals, the concept of schaulager, which is centered upon storing works of art in a manner that allows them to remain accessible for studying purposes, was applied to the project. To ensure a way to visually underscore these works of such an atypical arrangement, the cylindrical cores of my ancillary facility are tapered. Contrary to a box-shaped building, cylindrical walls establish a non-linear path for daylight, creating radial effects that diffuse the light more evenly throughout the space and also work in conjunction with the electric lighting. Ultimately, I was able to not only design a building that would perform well in its region, filter light by means of curved surfaces, and catch the eye of passersby, but also consider the manner in which landscape and circulation paths can more easily welcome visitors of all types.