longways/shortways

Since I'm not sure what is the most productive direction to follow right now, I spent some time today noodling around with Maya, looking at the material possibilities for my ASC's.

Some renders:

The first image shows the wood slats running accross the long section, the second accross the short section. While I would have preferred the second option to underscore the importance of the short section, the first seems much more likely as it creates more inhabitable space. I'll see what Thesis Advisor M thinks.

ETA: The horizontal slats suggest a screen, which would be fairly doable. Under what circumstances might I want the back of a seat to be a screen? When it's an envelope? What other kinds of screening devices might be good? What other materials might work? A trellis? With plants?