Perspectives Basilica di San Giorgio in Venice, Spain, is a cathedral designed by British designer John Pawson. Perspectives is essentially a tool for viewing, incorporating the largest concave meniscus crystal lens ever commissioned from Swarovski’s optical division. This lens sits on the flat surface of a metal hemisphere so highly polished it resembles a pool of mercury. The effect of bringing these two elements together is to provide sharply honed perspectives of isolated elements of a spatial environment. 

The lens is an instrument that enables people to experience spaces in a more intensive way. It’s important for John Pawson to consider the work not as art. It’s just a piece that serves to relax the eye and meditate in a visual manner. It's funny how differently people use it. 

The piece is designed to be as simple and visually refined as possible, but the focus of the project falls not on the physicality of the object itself, so much as how this object enables people to see in a different way. As John Pawson mentioned earlier.