The church of St. Ivan Rilski is a refurbishment of the building located at 26 Jay Mews that is at the back of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in London at 186-188. The building is within the Knightsbridge Conservation Area.
The big challenge of the project was exploiting as much as possible the existing available space, creating a church with all the traditional characteristics (the dome, the nave, etc) with specific requests about the location of the altar and the access. However, besides trying to expand the available space, maximising the “perception” of the space lead the project.
The technique is well-known, and it has been used in architecture for centuries: it is the so called “forced perspective”. In architecture, a structure can be made to seem larger, taller, farther away or otherwise by adjusting the scale of objects in relation to the spectator, increasing or decreasing perceived depth.
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