The parti of the warehouse is a sundial. The plan has a simple order. This is a reflection of the order of a clock steadily keeping time. Time is a link back to the painting as the woman in the painting seems to be passing time, or waiting for something to happen. Thick concrete walls have been placed at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock as devises to read the time as well as partitions between the different exhibits. The location of the openings in these walls also push the visitor in a clockwise direction linking the plan back to the clock theme. The walls also act as display cases having recessed cavities to place the woman's crafted clocks.
The workroom for the woman is for designing and crafting original clocks. The workroom has intentionally been kept small as she is a more traditional clock maker creating one off pieces. Therefore her tools would mainly be handheld chisels and saws. The location of the workroom plays on the gregarious nature of the woman and is a link back to the theatrical nature of the painting. From the street people would look up and watch her working as if she was an actor on stage. She is also able to watch the time pass as the workroom looks over the sundial.
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