Du Lac’s purpose was to reduce the overcrowding in Paris by erecting buildings for people to live in. Bofill put this place on an artificial lake to resemble the upper echelons installment of or castles on large bodies of water. My first impression was, “this looks like a Univeristy campus”! The next idea I had was that it looked like some maximum security prison or a very important military headquarters. I really like the pier type placement because I have never seen buildings sit on the water like that before. This whole place is one big symmetrical setting that shows newer clues to its importance the more you look at it!