Our discipline, however, does not ask us to merely look at objects in the X and Y dimensions, so the next step was to start translating the XY grid into an XYZ grid. The addition of the 3rd dimension allowed for sectional and elevational implications to be taken into account and to further explore how the potential plans start to rise skyward.

This analysis continued into studies driven primarily by the tower angle studies that showed all towers constructed were of three types: 60 degree equilateral towers, 55, 60, 70 degree towers, or 50, 55 degree towers. Each of these three tower angles were the studied in conjunction with the sectional offset allowed by the brick material. The last restriction was a precedent concern where early stupas aimed to emulate Mt. Meru and the gu temples aimed to evoke the enclosed feeling of a deep cave best suited for contemplation. Together both the plan and section analysis culminated in the creation of new Explorations of Pagan architecture that worked within the original framework and could have been constructed during the Pagan Era.