Dioramma

The diorama was a sensation in the early 1800s.
The Diorama was a theatrical experience viewed by an audience in a highly specialized theatre.
As many as 350 patrons would file in to view a landscape painting that would change its appearance both subtly and dramatically. Most would stand, though limited seating was provided. The show lasted 10 to 15 minutes, after which time the entire audience (on a massive turntable) would rotate to view a second painting. Later models of the Diorama theater even held a third painting.

It comes from this site about enlightenment which is pretty interesting: http://cabinet-of-wonders.blogspot.com/2010/03/diorama-extravaganza.html

Neil Spiller

Couldn't really find any proper hard information about these drawings. Will have a look for a couple of his books tomorrow. Drawing is shit-hot though.

1st floor plan!

found from the book A NEW DESCRIPTION OF SIR JOHN SOANE'S MUSEUM

Teatro Olimpico

Theatre in Vicenza designed by Palladio. Gives optical illusion of streets stretching far away in the distance when they are only in fact a couple of metres back. If you look at the section you can see how the streets are on an incline on the horizontal. The distance is a lot more impressive in real life than from what can be seen in these pictures, and the actors can actually enter and act from the houses along the street.

Thought it could be relevant to us, in terms of perception of space, optical illusion. Stages have threshold between audience and actors, reality and fiction.

Mies van der Rohe- Barcelona Pavilion

A well documented way of blurring thresholds, a lack of boundaries between inside and out...

Ground Floor Plan

I just found a ground floor plan here. It even has a scale!

Bicuadro Architects

Design for Italian pavilion.

Use of colour interesting - Also the strata effect (inspired by rock formations) emphasises idea of boundaries.