This project looks at transdisciplinary knowledge through the projection of a spatial instrument. The instrument resonates with ground surfaces, deciphering and illustrating a world beneath the ground.

The value of transdisciplinary knowledge is embodied in the practice of dilettantism. The 'dilettante' began to fall into disrepute during the period of the Napoleonic wars. This period also marks a separation from the Enlightenment, when the disciplines of art, engineering, architecture and philosophy (among others) were synergetic fields of learning forming an interlacing tapestry of knowledge. Both the research project and the architecture aim to explore transdisciplinary practice as a method through which to develop and advance working knowledge.

The Old Town of Basel is a test bed for the research as it is a place of learning. The town rejects multidisciplinary practice and thus dilettante society must be hidden from spectators and practice in secret. The site's strata consists of Young Pleistocene Landslide clay, Top Lower Malm sediment, Top Lias stone, Top Dogger stone and an adjacent fault line.

The project moves from research into the proposal through the design of a 'Dilettanti Society'. The Society follows three principles: the storage, advancement and dissemination of knowledge.