Rem Koolhaas' design for the IIT Campus Center in Chicago takes this idea and uses it as a basis for generating the floorplan: "...OMA carried out a study to

Rem Koolhaas' design for the IIT Campus Center in Chicago takes this idea and uses it as a basis for generating the floorplan: "...OMA carried out a study to map the “desire lines” of student foot traffic across the campus. These intersecting diagonal paths are maintained inside the Campus Center itself..." - from the project description Check out the third image here: http://www.oma.eu/projects/2003/iit-mccormick-tribune-campus-center http://www.oma.eu/projects/2003/iit-mccormick-tribune-campus... One of my favorite buildings!