When they first heard of the death of Avant Garde, an emergency symposium was called, the appointed officials attended, and a decision to board up the building and cease all contact with the outside world was made. 

The decision was made to ensure students are uncontaminated from external thoughts, the non-believers of architecture with a capital A. The students of the building, believing they are to be the last hope, quickly adapted to the urgency of this situation, converted parts of the building into their living quarters, studio spaces were stripped for walls, ducts and beams; offices for glasses, panels and cables. They constructed a three story scaffolding in the center void of the building, framed by four marble columns with Corinthian capitals, complemented with stairs and pathways to the original building on every level. 

The residents weren’t pleased at first of their confinement, but soon found the new freedom ecstatic. They could delegate structural calculations to algorithms, sun paths and wind loads to programs, aesthetics and ideas to the local, immediate context. All they needed to do all day was write poems, enjoy music and the virtues of others. Officials were thrilled. The monastic practice is rewarded with endowments pouring through a pipe on the second floor. They grew confident in their confinement, so they called a symposium in the atrium, where they listened to the sources of their new-found wealth: what could be done better? What do you need to make your stay more comfortable?