Two spaces dedicated to the works of John Cage, one for listening and one for reading, are based on Cage’s notion of detachment from our own work to let the architecture come about as independently as possible. Five large steel frames form a cantilevering roof under which two rooms are formed
The reading room receives only indirect light from a narrow skylight positioned along the western perimeter wall, protecting books from UV damage. A free-standing wall separates the introverted book room from the extroverted listening room, fronting the panorama Virginia Tech Drillfield with an almost seamless glass wall