Perspectives

This reflective installation brings together creativity, science, new technology and precise craftsmanship. It consists of a concave meniscus crystal lens 40 centimetres across, the largest the manufacturer had ever made, set on a seamless mirrored steel hemisphere.

The work was first placed in the Geometric Staircase of a cathedral during a design festival in 2011. It then moved to a basilica as part of the 55th international art exhibition in 2013, and later to a museum of art history during a design week in 2015.

In each setting the lens reflects and magnifies its surroundings, forming a visual contrast with the space while settling into the overall picture, and offering an unusual view of seemingly familiar architecture. For the architect, the focus was never the object itself so much as the way it lets people see differently.