ROOK
Drawing reference from the space's raw, industrial materials, and focal-point service area; a fortified island structure. The name rook was adopted from the castle piece in chess, featuring parapet/fortification
around the top of a castle. Rook comes from the Persian term Rukh meaning chariot as this was the piece in predecessor games of chess in India. These
Indian chariots had large walled structures on them, more like a fortification. As it spread into Europe, the Italian term rocca (meaning fortress) may have caused the shape to change .
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