ABSTRACT
Studies of the migration of the Black Death in fourteenth century Europe yielded several concepts of transmission. During the plague, four distinct diseases combined under ideal conditions, resulting in an epidemic that was devastating in its massive transmission. A hierarchical system grants privileges to certain users based on their required accessibility to programmed events and areas. Specifications of separation and access within and around the Olympic site in Williamsburg contribute to architecture of interlocking, nestled, and independent circular structures. Manipulations of a zipper construction module result in variations in the aperture and degree of openness or closure of structural units in turn creating a hierarchy of Olympic programs and circulation across the site. The surface membrane for these structures reflects the integral idea of transmission. Aggregation of an asymmetric unit featuring significant variation in folds and pinches yields a seemingly random surface that includes gaps which allow for compression and expansion of the surface across a tectonic frame.
