Joan Blumenfeld, Design Principal at Perkins+Will, discusses the concept behind the New York City Police Academy. The architects had to contend with creating something for both the mind and body of the police recruits. The Academy is designed to consolidate an administrative and training campus for the New York Police Department and is the largest and most technologically advanced in the world. All spaces are designed to link together with enclosed walkways and stairs in what is essentially a "horizontal skyscraper."