The lessons of Ungers and the dawn of post-modernity resound throughout the building. It is an arrangement of autonomous, basic geometries. Through its positioning, the modern box typology transforms to a non-sentimental tissue insert. For the scheme's materialisation and detailing oma offers a concoction of references. But rather than signifying early modernism they appear to denote the office's previous work itself. IIT is present through the contained modern box—the dirty Mies; the large elevator fitted with a chair and a lamp create a roomlike condition that recalls Maison à Bordeaux; an assembly of structural systems and components remind us of the Kunsthal; the use of the slope of the auditorium to create spaces below points to the Educatorium; the combination of "elite" and popular materials; the pressed white aluminium ceiling; the transforming lecture hall floor. All seem to bring back OMA's early work—the pre-enigmatic era. Only the token Petra Blaisse-designed curtains carry references to classic architecture.