The project is about
the experience of approaching 
what appears to be a flat white table of snow in a very steep terrain
then,
nearing it,
realizing that there are 3 mysterious cuts  ( or voids )  in the surface
of the table top.
climbing on the table, one feels a little like Alice (in wonderland)
"curiouser and curiouser..."
then, entering the hole
( and )  hurtling down the slope.
...."is it child's play ...  or are we in the starting gates...
suddenly participating in an Olympic event?"
From the valley and the roadway opposite 
the experience is quite different .
The brightly colored sheets and figures are not unlike:
the picture frame of a pin ball game
sleds careering down the mountain side
another (new) Olympic event .

-Tod Williams and Billie Tsien