[Midterm] Creating Illusions

For our midterm, we were asked to create an site-based illusion in the Tisch building. Here is the post for our proposal. We were inspired by Brunelleschi's linear perspective of the Florence Cathedral.  We wanted to create an illusion that, similarly, could only be observed from one single point.

We decided to put up a the appearance of a barrier in the stairwell of the Tisch building, hoping to create a moment of pause.

Here is the process and point of reference we used or putting up the installation:

And here is the final product