| Title | Arachne |
| Year | 2003 |
| Location | Poole, Bournemouth, England |
| Brief | Casino and hotel |
| Notes | Part of a technical report on construction and materials for moiré optical illusions |
Located in Redend Point overlooking Studland Bay, the building shares its site with a former WWII lookout post. The Arachne Casino is the culmination of a series of experiments and projects researching rhythmic patterns and vibrations. These rhythmic visual vibrations, established in the design as a moiré phenomenon, provide the concept, form, and function of the casino.
¶ As such, the Arachne Casino is to be built as an optical illusion, camouflaged as a moiré mirage fading into the corners of the eye.
Elimination of time through form and architecture is thus investigated through the construction of a casino and gambling devices in southern England. Visual and sound moiré-based illusion systems are used as gambling and time-erasing devices, re-locating the act of gambling into a place where sight and time are no longer static.
¶ Accompanying the project is a report on moiré construction strategies through the use of cable net tension structures and research into materials providing optical illusions.