In the first week of their summer transfer lab, ARCH 1015 students were asked to investigate two objects: one synthetic and one natural. Rockite cast cubes, provided by rising fourth-year student Eve Lee, gave students a hard-lined geometric model to process and deconstruct through drawing, sketch models, and graphic arrangement. The lab was then tasked with rationalizing sets of seashells using the same principles formed in their prior exercise. Through their analysis, students explore relationships between formally contrasting objects to curate a process of evaluating qualities of space, construction, and representation.