The landscape has developed as a reflection of the winding nature of the insertions within the building. The site consists of two strands converging on the Works.
Visitors arriving from the west, follow a footpath which coils around the west and south facade of the existing building, flowing through the kilns and arriving at the entrance to the Works on the north side.
The coppicing fields (with their 7 year harvest cycles) wrap around to form the second strand on the site. These meet the service access on the east facade, which coils around the north of the existing building to become a yard with timber drying facilities and meets the building on the south facade.
This helix motion of the two strands through the site is a means of representing the relationship between the buildings symbiosis with its surroundings and the newer need for an experience for the visitors as they walk through the site and converge on the museum.
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