ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we trace the evolution of Xenakis’s arrival at a final floor plan that allowed him to proceed with realizing the remainder of his design concept. It is noted that the varied notions that percolate in his mind’s eye during these foundational explorations have diverse and natural forms at their root – a crescent, a circle – and that all that followed this phase of his work was centered upon contrasting and evaluating the implications of each of his initial positings. The care with which function, shape, and placement were explored is notable as it also has implications in regard to the ways that he used in realizing his musical projects.
