Submitted for the ACSA 2014-2015 Steel Competition, four boards were composed. An agricultural center is viewed as a retreat away from the university campus. A pathway from a parking garage to the ‘’secret place” is met with the agricultural center in the middle. The destination consists of a secret place among groves of trees.

The path guides people away from the world of the university into a man-made world of nature; the arboretum. The agricultural center serves as a transition point during the path where the path’s materiality changes from a dense concrete to a light yet sturdy steel structure. An underground concrete parking deck provides a place for people to descend into as they prepare to enter a tunnel that will lead them towards the agricultural research facility and eventually to the secret place.