An analysis of movement around one of the Manhattan schists transformed into a discovery of spatiality and form via the gradual introduction of three materials into the model-making process: wire, latex, and Rockite. Taking from the spaces and forms produced by these stubborn materials, the final program asked to derive a new apartment building located on W114 Street, a site also dominated by a Manhattan schist. The resulting model, combining all three materials, interprets the Rockite - formed via casting into latex and wire mini models - as the living space, while wire and latex struggle to balance the stacked concrete forms in a complicated series that also reinterprets itself as circulation space in the accompanying sections and plans. No apartment is alike, all are unique in their rounded and folded geometries as they spiral upward, uniting with the schist and surrounding edifices. The stairs also take a complex and exciting spiral shape, terminating at unforeseen terraces and twisting upward. An interesting public-community space manifests itself in an open-air floor just under the top apartment.