Slide 1
Experiments with illusions
Slide 2
View across the atrium
Slide 3
Plan, Section, Perspective
Slide 4
Anamorphic Wine Display – Entry Sequence
Slide 5
An object's virtual image is extended, forming the concept for the 70/30 table.
Slide 6
70/30 Table - A discontinuous surface is made continuous in its mirror image, also conceals and reveals the wooden surface behind – it's 7 parts real, 3 parts illusion.
Slide 7
Basin/soap dispenser detail that creates a playful tension in an environment that traditionally demands separation.

TECTONIC OBJECTS

Recognizing the capacity of illusions to unsettle and heighten our perception, this thesis explores a range of illusory detailing techniques to engage people physically and experientially in the interior. By nature of the program where visitors inherently expect the extraordinary, a bar occupying the top floor of the abandoned Temple Court Building - #5 Beekman Street is selected as a platform for the research. A series of design implementations in the site begin to intertwine sensory illusions with the tactile elements of the built environment. Visitors are secretly deceived and subtly engaged by the surrounding architecture to provoke new forms of interplay within the context of a social venue.

Thesis Advisor: Mark Rakatansky