The main idea was to adapt the building to its new use, but maintaining its historical importance. The challenge was "… to capture the intangibles and to acknowledge the Armory 19th century design genius while catapulting it into the future" Mack, 2011, p.
La idea principal era adaptar el edificio a su nuevo uso, pero manteniendo su importancia histórica con el desafío de "capturar lo intangible y reconocer la genialidad del diseño del siglo XIX de la Armería y al mismo tiempo impulsarlo hacia el futuro" Mack, 2011, p. 310.