He made an early decision to discard important aspects of the master plan, like the sunken plaza and the cultural buildings.
He was, however, unable to find a retail tenant for the new space created by decking over the sunken plaza.
The central nucleus has two sunken plazas, one higher than the other.
It faces the sunken plaza and in the middle has a round altar.
And then, someday, the dreary hole of the sunken plaza should be filled in.
The building was constructed in a sunken plaza.
The extension cantilevers over a new sunken plaza that is open at all times.
The 200-seat cafe will occupy a sunken plaza at the north end.
Various strategies were used to lure people to the sunken plaza, including a cafe and an early version of a shopping mall; these lost money.
The renovations enlarged the site considerably and added a larger sunken rectangular plaza.