This reminds me of my days living in Simmons Hall at MIT.
Architects loved the building. Groups of architects would come at weird hours and try to sneak into the building to see the inside.
It had a good number of functional issues that came
from the “innovative” architecture. For example, the walls in some of the small rooms were curved — this made very inefficient use of the space and furniture. Another issue was the constant water leaks from the oddly intersecting glass window panels. The seals were hard to maintain and the leaks were hard to track.
The main lifts don't reach the basement because of the elevated lobby nonsense. There is one small lift which does go down there, but it's a service lift for the whole building, so it could be busy elsewhere when you want it.
My pass won't operate it anyway; you have to be specially authorized, and when I asked, our office manager didn't know how to do that.
... three storey climb up the fire escape from the basement if you arrive by bicycle!
Architects love this building, but there are too many little facepalms that come with actually working in it.