During the spring quarter of 2011, this studio focused primarily on a projects relationship to it’s site. This particular project was to design a museum center for a Hopewell Native American archeological site called Fort Ancient. This place obviously offered substantial historical context as well as a unique physical site to work with. My design spanned the river that ran next to the site and came to rest on the floodplain across from the park. My design also derived its form from the Hopewell sun calendars that were designed in the form of serpents. These creatures were revered as holy animals for their liminal ability to cross between the mediums of both land and water. This is the reason why my design spanned the river. The museum itself became the same liminal creature that the Hopewell, whose legacy would be protected there, held in such high regard.