Architectural Thesis - THE WORLD OF ILLUSIONS by Naveen V

THE WORLD OF

1. Introduction

3. Program

The world of illusions which will trick your confidence in your own senses, but will also amaze you by doing so; the world that will confuse you completely, but also educate you.

This world offers interactive, immersive and fun experience for all generations – a perfect, unusual and exciting place. Amusing and awesome tricks will teach you about vision, perception, the human brain and science so it will be easier to perceive why your eyes see things which your brain cannot understand.

2.Motivation To create a space for all generations, to feel engaged and to enjoy the space. I would always like to trick on people,so how could a space be designed combining magic and Architecture.

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1. Creating spaces with illusion - involving Magic in Architecture 2. Museum of illusions, 3. Installations in Open space, landsacape illusions 4. Space for magic show

4. Research question

How unique can a Museum be designed,which itself expresses Illusions?

How can a space be designed with engaging all generations.

ILLUSION TYPES AND IMPLICATIONS Hering illusion The Hering illusion is one of the geometrical-optical illusions and was discovered by the German physiologist Ewald Hering in 1861. When two straight and parallel lines are presented in front of radial background (like the spokes of a bicycle), the lines appear as if they were bowed outwards.

Muller Lyer illusion

Poggendorff illusion

The Müller-Lyer illusion is an optical illusion consisting of a set of lines that end in arrowheads. The orientation of the arrowheads affects one’s ability to accurately perceive the length of the lines. Like most visual and perceptual illusions, the Müller-Lyer illusion helps neuroscientists study the way the brain and visual system perceive and interpret images

The Poggendorff Illusion was discovered by Johann Christian Poggendorff (1796 - 1877), a German physicist.

Pinnacle at symphony

Mark’s house, Michigam

When conditions are just right, this building becomes almost invisible against the sky.

Mark’s house was designed by a firm named Two islands, was the result of an international competition organized by the Flint Public Art Project and the AIA Flint Chapter.

The Orbison illusion is one of its variants, while the Wundt illusion produces a similar, but inverted effect.

Designed by Pickard Chilton and Everton Oglesby Architects, the Pinnacle at Symphony Place stands out in downtown Nashville’s skyline. The building, constructed of stone, metal, and glass, becomes an optical illusion in certain conditions, when its sleek, mirrored facade seems to disappear into the sky.

The designers’ choice of dynamic cladding means it changes texture with the weather. Being a temporary pavilion in nature Mark’s House used a 5mm reflective Mylar layer for its cladding, strong and durable material that tends to change rapidly according to different weather conditions,

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Jastrow illusion

Hermann illusion

The Penrose stairs

The Jastrow Illusion occurs when two arches are stacked one on top of the other. Despite being the same size, one arch is perceived as being significantly smaller than the other. There are several explanations for this illusion but none of them are accepted as conclusive. The most common is that the brain misinterprets the size difference between the large and small sides. So, the long side appears longer when visually compared to the short side and vice versa.

The Hermann Grid is made up of black boxes with crisscrossing white lines. Grey spots appear at the intersections of white lines but disappear when viewed directly. This illusion is caused by the retina’s light receptors collecting light and dark values simultaneously. While viewing high contrast images, some of the light information can “leak,” resulting in a halo effect.

The Penrose Stairs, also known as the impossible staircase. It is a two-dimensional staircase, which is comprised of four 90-degree turns, forming a continuous loop. The staircase could then be ascended or descended forever without ever reaching the end. This illusion is caused by perspective distortion. The brain focuses on separate sections of the image and perceives that the stairs are joined together, despite the fact that it would be impossible in a 3D object.

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection

The Forced perspective

Cafe wall illusion

Ponzo illusion

The mirrored facade of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company at One State Street in Hartford, Connecticut seems to multiply itself within itself until you’re not sure which surfaces are real and which ones are reflected.

The 17th-century Palazzo Spada, designed by Francesco Borromini, also uses the medium of forced perspective. looks like a 99 feet long corridor and with a lifesized statue at its end. In reality, however, the architect had not that much space available — the corridor was only 26 feet long. Therefore, he used visual illusion in equipping the corridor with decreasing columns, at optically rising floor, narrowly standing columns and a kid sized statue at the end of the the corridor. Achieving this level of illusion required precise mathematical calculations.

The café wall illusion, sometimes also called the Münsterberg illusion (Ashton Raggatt McDougall 2006), is an optical illusion produced by a black and white rectangular tessellation when the tiles are shifted in a zigzag pattern, as shown below. While the pattern seems to diverge and coverge, bu the orange lines are actually parallel.

The Ponzo illusion is an optical illusion that was first demonstrated by the Italian psychologist Mario Ponzo (1882-1960) in 1913. He suggested that the human mind judges an object’s size based on its background. He showed this by drawing two identical lines across a pair of converging lines, similar to railway tracks. The upper line looks longer because we interpret the converging sides according to linear perspective as parallel lines receding into the distance.

Although the black line appears continuous with the blue line it is actually continuous with the red line.

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Airavateshwara temple

THE AIRAVATESVARA TEMPLE IS ONE of the three Great Living Chola Temples, 11th- and 12th-century Hindu temples constructed during the 1,500-year Chola dynasty in modern-day southern India’s state of Tamil Nadu. Located in Darasuram. There is visual trickery. When you solely focus on the left-hand animal, you will see a complete bull, including horns; however, when you focus solely on the righthand animal, you will see a complete elephant, including a trunk. Next image, shows 3 dancers with only 4 legs,whereas it shld be totally 6.The center statue’s legs can also be seen as if it is the legs of dancers on either side.

Uthrakosamangai temple

This Amazing yali sculpture is in Shiva temple located in Uthirakosamangai, Tamilnadu. Yali animal portrayed as part lion, part elephant and part horse, and in similar shapes. Yalis are believed to be more powerful than the lion/Tiger or the elephant. The Sculpture of Yali animal which having stone ball in it’s mouth. We can roll this ball inside it’s mouth but cannot remove the ball from it’s mouth. Intrestingly the ball inside the mouth is not the same material as the yazhi sculpture, the ball is made of a stone called onyx and the sculpture is made of granite.

Lepakshi temple

One corner pillar is famous for hanging Lepakshi temple pillars that does not touch the temple floor at all. Puzzled by this, a British engineer Hamilton tried to rectify this architectural aberration in 1910. Though, he managed to make one corner of the pillar to touch the ground. It led to a tectonic shift in the roof of this outer hall, with distortion in roof alignment and pillars now leaning on and the roof paintings distorted. The engineer realized that any further attempt could instead ruin this entire edifice. Further research revealed that the pillar acted as a ballast to the hall’s roof. A cow with three heads but one body shows an optical illusion of ancient india. Located at Lepakshi Temple,

Parthenon

The Parthenon is a masterpiece of symmetry and proportion. This temple to the Goddess Athena was built with pure white marble and was erected without mortar or cement, They achieved global perfection through deliberate departure from local precision. Minor geometric irregularities were incorporated by the architects to enhance the beauty of the building. Despite appearances, there are few perfectly straight lines or right angles in the Parthenon. The observer sees the eight columns of the façade as a perfectly regular array, but this is achieved by deliberately introducing subtle distortions called “optical refinements”. To avoid an apparent sagging effect, the base of the façade on shorter span

is about 6cm higher at its centre than at the corners. This curvature can be clearly seen by viewing it from close to a corner.The shape of the column shafts, and their slight tilt from the vertical, are said to correct optical distortions so that the building appears to be perfectly regular. The columns are not exactly equidistant, the outer ones being slightly closer together. Neither are the columns precisely vertical; they slope imperceptibly inwards. It has been estimated that the end columns, if continued upwards, would meet several kilometres above the Parthenon. These refinements required a remarkable degree of precision, and deep understanding of both geometry and the subtleties of human visual perception.

Triglyps and metopes with equal column distance

on longer span with un-equal column distance

Shadow art illusions A shadow is a dark (real image) area where light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. It occupies all of the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, or a reverse projection of the object blocking the light. Visual artists are usually very aware of colored light emitted or reflected from several sources, which can generate complex multicolored shadows. Chiaroscuro, sfumato, and silhouette are examples of artistic techniques which make deliberate use of shadow effects. During the daytime, a shadow cast by an opaque object illuminated by sunlight has a bluish tinge. This happens because of Rayleigh scattering, the same property that causes the sky to appear blue. The opaque object is able to block the light of the sun, but not the ambient light of the sky which is blue as the atmosphere molecules scatter blue light more effectively. As a result, the shadow appears bluish.

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Mahabaratham The optical illusion - properly called the Checker Shadow Illusion - was created by Edward H Adelson, an eminent and widely published American professor of Visual Science. Powerful optical illusions like this remind us that things are not always as they seem, even when we see proof to the contrary.

The Kauravas are invited to the capital, Indraprastha, where the story of Duryodhana, the eldest Kaurava, and the Hall of Illusions takes place. Duryodhana decides to inspect the royal palace where he is mesmerized by its splendor and confused by its mysterious nature. This divine palace, created by the great architect Maya, was said to have flowing lines and finishes that were almost incomprehensible due to their reflective, illusory, and brilliant features. Duryodhana first walked into a wall he thought was a door, but he hastily brushed off the playful chuckles of the Pandava women within the palace. Once he realized the illusory nature of this magnificent hall, he began looking for its hidden contrivances, when he came upon a giant glassy pool of crystal-clear water. Duryodhana removed his clothing in order to wade through the pool, but upon taking his first step, he abruptly realized that this was not a pool at all, but

rather a crystal floor so dazzling that he had again been fooled. This time the ladies’ chuckles turned into light laughter, causing his anger to swell within. Once more he attempted to brush off this mishap and carry on. As he proceeded, the immense wealth and beauty was beginning to affect the Kaurava’s ego. Duryodha became increasingly jealous of the Pandava fortunes he was continuously witnessing; by this point he was lost and becoming excessively frustrated. Upon arriving in a great open hall there was yet another brilliant crystal floor glaring up at him, but this time he would not be made a fool! With a large, confident step he

plunged forward into what he immediately discovered was actually a pool! Now Duryodhana was enraged and insulted with a heavily bruised ego. He looked up only to hear the cries of laughter from the Pandava women who had just observed this wonderful folly.The Hall of Illusions created by Maya has essentially fostered the age-old folly of man, his ego. Many Hindu teachers have used this fable to explain how Maya corrupts our ability to distinguish between truth and our own version of truth by encouraging us to occupy ourselves with meaningless egotistical endeavors.

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Ambigious cylinder

Fake Swimmimg pool Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich created an illusory swimming pool that seems to be filled with water. Installed as a permanent exhibit at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Japan, The water in the pool is actually only 10cm shallow, supported by a thick layer of transparent glass. Underneath is an aqua room that viewers can enter, inviting a shared experience of wonder at the constructed space both from above and below. In his work, Buenos Aires-based Erlich plays with perception and assumption in an exploration of “the ways we understand phenomena, enter into relationships with spaces, and grasp reality.”

A full-size pool, complete with all its trappings, including a deck and a ladder. When seen from the deck, the pool appears to be filled with deep, shimmering water. The Swimming Pool might hence be considered a place where, slowly, with time, different perspectives and perceptions of self and others all come to intersect.

Now you see mee - movie

The Ambiguous Object Illusion or the Ambiguous Cylinder Illusion was designed by Kokichi Sugihara of Meiji University in Japan. The Japanese mathematician and artist is known for his three-dimensional optical illusions. The striking optical illusion which appears to show squares turning into circles ”From certain angles, those squares look pretty even, but if you pick one up and turn it around, you’ll see that two of the sides curve upwards, and two of the sides curve down.” “This sort of ‘corrects’ the hybrid squircle into either a square or a circle, by compensating in opposite directions,”

Curved mirrors

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DUJIANGYAN ZHONSHUGE BOOK STORE Push the glass curtain door open, the unique C-shape bookshelves with a natural walnut color will be in front of your eyes. The seemingly irregular sequence builds the intimacy of the space and becomes a highlight in the front hall. Theinspiration exactly comes from gray tile with a historical sense. The unique and lively arc shape blazes a new trail and subtly divides the forum area. Walking through under the bookshelf is like walking alongside an outdoor eave, or stepping into a rolling mountain. Stepping into the reading space, one could perceive the scenery images different from traditional bookstores and the profound cultural heritage. The bookshelves extend from the space to the adjacent columns, andingeniously catch the readers’ curiosity and guide their route. In the Central Literature District, the designer uses the mirror ceiling to visually expand spatial ductility and create an open and high feeling. The bookshelf wall inspired from the magnificent Dujiangyan damspreads upward all the way, like a super city wall built with historical culture. With the effect of black tiles flooring, the book tables seems like boats quietly mooring on the lake.

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It paddles and floats between thebookshelf wall. The changes of the architectural structure in the walking also reflect the dynamic aesthetics of climate changes, The two-story space appears cathedral-like, thanks to the mirrored ceilings and gleaming black tile floors which reflect the bookcases, creating a visual effect that feels akin to an M.C. Escher drawing. The firm used film printed with books on the upper shelves so it would appear that books stretched from floor to ceiling. Another key part of the design was lighting. “The designed light belts on each shelf to create a good light effect, which also draws the outline of each layer, making the shelf more stereoscopic and clear to give readers a visual impact and also make it convenient for readers to find books on the shelves,

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GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, BILBAO The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a modern and contemporary art museum designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. It is built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Atlantic Coast. The Guggenheim is one of several museums of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. The museum features both permanent and visiting exhibits featuring works of both Spanish and international artists The Curves on the building have been designed to appear random, the architect has been quoted saying “the randomness of the curves are designed to catch the light”. This Museum was opened to the public in 1997, was immediately vaulted to prominence as one of the world’s most spectacular buildings in the style of Deconstructivism. Architect Philip Johnson called it “the greatest building of our time”. The museum’s design and construction serve as an object lesson in Gehry’s style and method. Like much of Gehry’s other work, the structure consists of radically sculpted, organic contours. Sited as it is in a port town, it is intended to resemble a ship. Its brilliantly reflective panels resemble fish scales, echoing the other organic life (and, in particular, fish-like) forms that recur commonly in Gehry’s designs, as well as the river Nervión upon which the museum sits. Also in typical Gehry fashion, the building is uniquely a product of the period’s technology.

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Computer-aided design (CATIA) and visualizations were used heavily in the structure’s design. Computer simulations of the building’s structure made it feasible to build shapes that architects of earlier eras would have found nearly impossible to construct. Also important is that while the museum is a spectacular monument from the river, on street level it is quite modest and does not overwhelm its traditional surroundings. The museum was opened as part of a revitalization effort for the city of Bilbao and for the Basque Country. Almost immediately after its opening, the Guggenheim Bilbao became a popular tourist attraction, drawing visitors from around the globe.

The Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, Spain, which is made of glass, titanium, and limestone. The exhibitions in the museum itself change often, the museum hosts thematic exhibitions, centered for example on Chinese or Russian art. The museum’s permanent collection concerns 20th century art -- traditional paintings and sculptures are a minority compared to installations and electronic forms. The highlight of the collection, and its only permanent exhibit, is The Matter of Time, a series of weathering steel sculptures designed by Richard Serra and housed in the 430-foot Arcelor Gallery (formerly known as the Fish Gallery but renamed in 2005 for the steel manufacturer that sponsored the project

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JEWISH MUSEUM, BERLIN The Jewish Museum Berlin, which opened to the public in 2001, exhibits the social, political and cultural history of the Jews in Germany from the fourth century to the present, explicitly presenting and integrating, for the first time in postwar Germany, the repercussions of the Holocaust. The new building is housed next to the site of the original Prussian Court of Justice building which was completed in 1735 now serves as the entrance to the new building. Daniel Libeskind’s design, which was created a year before the Berlin Wall came down, was based on three insights: it is impossible to understand the history of Berlin without understanding the enormous contributions made by its Jewish citizens.

the meaning of the Holocaust must be integrated into the consciousness and memory of the city of Berlin; and, finally, for its future, the City of Berlin and the country of Germany must acknowledge the erasure of Jewish life in its history. The visitor enters the Baroque Kollegienhaus and then descends by stairway through the dramatic Entry Void, into the underground. The existing building is tied to the new extension, through the underground, thus preserving the contradictory autonomy of both the old and new structures on the surface. The descent leads to three underground axial routes, each of which tells a different story. The first leads to a dead end – the

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Holocaust Tower. The second leads out of the building and into the Garden of Exile and Emigration, remembering those who were forced to leave Berlin The third and longest, traces a path leading to the Stair of Continuity, then up to the exhibition spaces of the museum, emphasizing the history. A Void cuts through the zigzagging plan of the new building and creates a space that embodies absence. It is a straight line whose impenetrability becomes the central focus around which exhibitions are organized. In order to move from one side of the museum to the other, visitors must cross one of the 60 bridges that open onto this void.

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Samsung opera house - bangalore

Tensegrity structures

Samsung has converted Bangalore’s landmark Opera house into the worlds largest mobile experience center. It aims to create a new experience through the possibilities of the latest technology.

Tensegrity, tensional integrity or floating compression is a structural principle based on a system of isolated components under compression inside a network of continuous tension, and arranged in such a way that the compressed members (usually bars or struts) do not touch each other while the prestressed tensioned members (usually cables or tendons) delineate the system spatially. The term was coined by Buckminster Fuller in the 1960s kurilpa bridge

needle tower

Invisible statue

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The experience centre revolves around virtual reality, Internet of things, and artificial intelligence {AI}. It includes a fitness zone for rowing and cycling, gaming zone, home theatre zone, display of Samsung appliances and products, and a customer care section. amphitheatre and seating space outside the building attracts people to sit and relax.

munich olympic stadium

Lawn blisters

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Standards for museum The working relationship between these various functions in a museum plays an major role in planning. The planning of a good museum must reflect the most efficient manner in which the various tasks are carried out individually and in relationship to each other, without one adversely affecting the other. A major consideration in this planning is the matter of future expansion and construction in several stages . The diagram (Fig . 1) illustrates the most efficient working arrangement,

The basic objective of the Museum is to collect, preserve,study and exhibit significant objects of the community, and provide related educational services in order to increase public knowledge and stimulate creative activity. The modern tendency is to create large unbroken spaces, which can then be divided up by movable partitions or lightweight structures, to be grouped or displaced as required.

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The traditional system is the contrary one of dividing the space, by means of permanent walls, into rooms of various sizes, which may be either communicating or independent. (fig . 3). Daylight may coma from above or from the side . In the former case suitable skylights will be provided in the ceilings of the exhibition rooms. In the letter case, one or more walls will be pierced by windows, the height and width of which must be decided according to individual requirements.

It was believed at one time that electric light, being easy to switch on, adaptable and unvarying in its effects and able to give full value to architectural features, might provide not merely an alternative to the use of daylight in museums, but a substitute for It . But experience has forced us to recognize that-especially where running expenses have to be considered-day-lightis still the bast means of lighting a museum, despite the variations and difficulties which characterize it at different seasons and in different places . The building should therefore be so planned as to make the best use of this source of light, even if certain other structuralfeatures have to be sacrificed as a result.

floor plans for the location of doors in relation to the use of space .

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space organisation diagram

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All the rooms are the same size becomes very monotonous . By varying their dimensions and the relation between height and width-and also by using different colors for the walls and different kinds of flooring-we provide a spontaneous and unconscious stimulus to attention.(fig .5) Monotony also results when a number of rooms follow one another in a straight line . Even where this cannot be entirely avoided, the rooms should be so constructed that the doors are not opposite one another, providing a “telescopic” view through the building .

methods of admitting natural light from above

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different ways of dividing exhibition space

1-Traditional location of doors . 2 to 8 - Secondary doors . 9 to 15- Polygonal enclosures .

Standards for theatre The flow of visitors is like the flow of water in a stream . If the cases are arranged with gently curving lines to take advantage of this pattern of movement (Fig . 6b), visitors will find the room more attractive and can progress easily with the line of the case . Often the arrangements can be staggered (Fig . 6c) which produces a certain mystery and a desire on the part of the visitor to peek around corners to see what is next . It is not always necessary to have a wide opening into a hall . Cases that are arranged to narrow the entrance a bit (Fig . 6d), so that the hall inside then opens out, provide a certain amount of interest fig - 6

Studies have shown that, in general, the adult museum visitor observes an area only a little over 1 ft above his own eye level to 3 ft below it at an average viewing distance of 24- 48 in (Fig . 7) . Arranging objects and labels above and below these limits places a strain on seldom-used muscles and produces aching backs, tired feet, burning eyes, and stiff necks.

different gallery arrangements

The average American museum visitor (Fig . 8),if a man, is about 5 ft 9 1/4 in tall, and his eye level is 5 ft 4 3/4 in ; the average woman is about 5 ft 3 1/4 in tall, and her eye level is 4 ft 11 3/4 in . Thus, the mean adult eye-level height is about 5 ft 2 1/4 in. Some quite large objects, such as totem poles or dinosaurs, will inevitably soar above these viewing limits, and, in this event, the visitor must be permitted space to back far enough away from the object to comprehend it without becoming a case for an orthopedic specialist (Fig . 9). fig - 8

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average viewing height

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difficulties in viewing

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viewing distance increases with increase in size of objects

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SITE

Modes of transportation to site Roadway - NH66 Waterways Airways Mopa International Airport is an under-construction greenfield airport being built at Mopa in Pernem taluka, North Goa district in the State of Goa,

Climate analysis sun path

A lot of rain (rainy season) falls in the month of: June, July, August and September.

Precipitation is maximum in june and july, about 850mm

Site analysis

Goa - one of the best tourist place in india for leisure. Location is in northern part of Goa near Colvale-dhargal bridge, Mumbai-Goa highway. 1 hour travel from Vasco da gama International Airport (44km) 35 minutes travel from baga beach (16km) 45 minutes travel from Konkan railway station (30km) 15 minutes travel from Mapusa market (8km) 30 minutes travel from Mopa International Airport under construction (19 km) 4 way lane on construction - NH66 Site area - 6.00 acres

wind path

predominantly wind direction is from south west to north east

a small mount

site

existing landscape

noise intensity

view from bridge

river

wind speed is high in the month of June and July

July is the most wet month.

On average, the temperatures are always high.Bardez has dry periods in January, February, March, April and December.

The coldest month is January with an average maximum temperature of 28 C (82 F).On average, the temperatures are always high. Bardez has dry periods in January, February, March, April and December.

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Area statement Ent

holograms

Display space

Individual rooms

shadow arts

Ames room

rubin’s vace

tricky stick

Installatios

clone table

turn table illusion

group rooms

archtechouse

1 185 sqm optical illusion

185 sqm illusion photographs

30 sqm Infinity room

5 sqm

vortex tunnel

infinite pit

5 sqm

head on platter

beuchet chair illusion

graphical illusions

185 sqm

30 sqm

llusionary paintings

anti gravity room

25 sqm kaleidoscope

5 sqm pyramid & cube

5 sqm

ambigious cylinder

infinite tunnel

to be designed

works of artisits

180 sqm

rotated space

180 sqm

maze approach

180 sqm

90 sqm auditory illusion

2 185 sqm

storage,workspace

90 sqm Virtual reeality room

180 sqm 185 sqm

185 sqm

30 sqm

Admin block

Theatre block

1. Office waiting lounge 25 sqm reception 10 sqm owner’s cabin 25 sqm manager’s cabin 25 sqm accounts department 45 sqm workspace for 20 people 240 sqm 3d printing rooms 150 sqm space for guides 20 people 30 sqm dining space 40 sqm toilets Space for maintainance staffs 20 sqm storage room 30 sqm conference hall 40 sqm multi purpose hall 40 sqm

1. Theatre for magic auditorium 800 sqm stage 350 sqm dress changing rooms 60 sqm make up room 15 sqm rehersal room 75 sqm bathrooms 30 sqm mens toilet 25 sqm womens toilet 25 sqm lobby 100 sqm check room 25 sqm

2. Toy shop dispaly space 100 sqm storage area 50 sqm staff room 10 sqm 3. Library book display area 150 sqm reading space 50 sqm reception 15 sqm storage space 20 sqm 4. Interactive games Exchange rooms-maze 25 sqm virtual reality 25 sqm games for childrens 100 sqm escape rooms 100 sqm

2. Rooms for magicians and group to stay 15 rooms to stay 400 sqm storage room for props 50 sqm waiting area 50 sqm 3. Ticket counter & admin locker room 10 sqm 4 counter space 10 sqm manager cabin 25 sqm office space 50 sqm 4. Canteen food courts 50 sqm dining space 200 sqm storage 10 sqm

10 sqm

5 sqm

Others 10. Landscape illusions perspective drawings on floor mirrored ziggurat false elevation anamorphic illusions - cylinder reflections

5 sqm

10 sqm

mirrored ceilings

180 sqm

90 sqm

Landscape illusions

2. Parking bike car bus 3. Security cabin dress changing room workspace 4. Public space seatings space for walking food stalls play area jetty space music fountain amphitheatre

5. classrooms & workshops 2-3 classroom for 40 students 150 sqm A.V hall 50 sqm multipurpose hall 100 sqm 6. Surveillance room 20 sqm 7. electrical & maintainace room

20 sqm

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CONCEPTS Parking slots design

The Müller-Lyer illusion is an optical illusion consisting of a set of lines that end in arrowheads. The orientation of the arrowheads affects one’s ability to accurately perceive the length of the lines. Using this illusion.considering all spaces inbetween lines as the parking slots, people tend to assume that they have different parking slot sizes.whereas, every parking slots are the same.

The café wall illusion, sometimes also called the Münsterberg illusion is an optical illusion produced by a black and white rectangular tessellation when the tiles are shifted in a zigzag pattern, as shown below. While the pattern seems to diverge and coverge, but the lines are actually parallel.

The tilt to read illusions, this shall be on painted in the floor with concree flooring,which has a welcome note saying “welcome to the world of illusions”. which can only be seen in human eye level as we see this only through our mobile charging slot.

Form of the building For Museum Morning batch 10.00 am - 1.00pm -

B1 - 30 with 3 guides - Entrance 1 B2 - 30 with 3 guides - Entrance 2 B3 - 30 with 3 guides - Entrance 3

Afternoon batch 1.00pm - 4.00pm

Wave - seating concept

Circulation - MUSEUM -

B1 - 30 with 3 guides - Entrance 1 B2 - 30 with 3 guides - Entrance 2 B3 - 30 with 3 guides - Entrance 3

Evening batch 4.00pm - 7.00pm -

B1 - 30 with 3 guides - Entrance 1 B2 - 30 with 3 guides - Entrance 2 B3 - 30 with 3 guides - Entrance 3

for a day - 270 people for a year - 350 x 270 - 94,500 people

For Magic show 7.00pm - 10.00pm- 500-600 people

batch 1

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CONCEPTS

form follows function

Impossible shape plan

wave as seating

Time as an illusion

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PROCESS site zoning - 1 Chapora River

theatre block

admin block

museum block

future extension museum

osr

initial concept

Chapora River

ground floor canteen dining staffs

workspace

accounts owners cabin workspace

gaming center

toy shop

reception foyer

first floor surveillance room

ground floor

illusionary paintings, infinity room

foyer

artist display gallery - 1

first floor

foyer

shadow arts & mirrored ceilings

B optical illusion, auditory illusion room

storage

artist display gallery - 2

H graphical illusions, anti gravity room

storage

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second floor

holograms Ames room maze

D illusionary photographs rotated space

G artist display gallery - 3

3d printing rooms

second floor classrooms workspace el,maint room

conf hall multi purpose hall

library

toy shop

storage

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PROCESS site zoning - 2

site zoning - 3

Chapora River

public space public space landscape illusions landscape illusions theatre

museum

OSR

Plaza cafeteria

admin block

parkings

theatre museum

parkings

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OSR

Service road

Service road SEOUL, South Korea

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NH-44

CHENGDU, China

LINZ, Austria - Puzzle facade

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MASTER PLAN

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01 5

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN - MUSEUM

Seating

Entry 2

Entry 1

Entry 3

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN - MUSEUM

Seating

led wall

wavy aluminium cladding

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SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR PLAN - MUSEUM 0

00 11

1515

Seating

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Seating

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TIME AS AN ILUSION - MAZE 0 1

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WAVE SEATING

0 1

Chapora river +-0.0m

+0.9m

+0.45m 0

1.35m

1.8m

+0.9m

1.35m

+0.45m +-0.0m

Museum

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GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR PLAN - ADMIN

0 1

Section - AA’

A’

Toilet Female

Male

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Recreational area Male

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B’

SECTION

C’

Section - BB’

Section - CC’

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BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. https://www.greece-is.com/the-optical-illusions-that-make-the-parthenon-perfect/ 2. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/optical-refinements-at-the-parthenon-1.3531800 3. https://www.archdaily.com/948542/dujiangyan-zhongshuge-bookstore-x-plus-living 4. https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/12/puzzle-facade-javier-lloret/ 5. https://explorable.com/types-of-illusions#:~:text=Illusions%20distort%20one's%20senses.,auditory%20illusions%2C%20and%20tactile%20illusions. 6. https://www.designboom.com/architecture/two-islands-award-winning-marks-house-complete-in-michigan/ 7. https://www.insider.com/architecture-optical-illusions-buildings-2018-5#this-house-looks-like-it-only-has-one-very-thin-wall-4 8. https://www.museumofillusions.com/ 9. https://www.archdaily.com/91273/ad-classics-jewish-museum-berlin-daniel-libeskind?ad_source=search&ad_medium=search_result_all 10. https://www.archdaily.com/422470/ad-classics-the-guggenheim-museum-bilbao-frank-gehry?ad_source=search&ad_medium=search_result_all 11. https://sites.google.com/site/mayaabounds/the-hall-of-illusions 12. https://www.samsung.com/in/samsung-experience-store/samsung-opera-house/

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13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgviU0EzNdM 14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-kE4cQu_3c 15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX_S4_c5xJ0 16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTCJuwZpimk 17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zccy2zVlaJA 18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0K5a2rkNFY