Nighttime Zenith Perspective. A three dimensional collage of the Pantheon (with the OCULUS cone), the Earth, and the night sky. The Pantheon sits positioned upon the dome of the Earth, emblematic of the monument’s curved floor, while in the night sky the paths of the moon and constellations are charted across 8 hours.
Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering: Nadja Martinovic, Geometric Analysis: Yuhao Jiang

Sun Path. A three dimensional collage of the Pantheon (with the OCULUS cone) positioned on the dome of the Earth, charting the Sun’s path within the monument at 30 minute intervals from 6am to 6pm on December 21, March 20, April 21, June 21. Noontime projections are shown to the left (41.8 degrees N, 12.4 degrees E). Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering: Nadja Martinovic, Geometric Analysis: Yuhao Jiang

Stereovisions. A three dimensional collage of the Pantheon (with the OCULUS cone), constructed within a scanned frontal section. Stereographic sightlines project up from eye-level into the coffers of the dome. A zenith telescope projects through the oculus aimed at the Sun, around which is a diagram of the solar system as it was positioned on April 21st 2024 (Rome's Birthday). Surrounding are further diagrams relating to vision, and an image of the bronze domino mask which is inlaid in the center of the monument’s floor, and stares up through the oculus. Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering: Nadja Martinovic, Geometric Analysis: Yuhao Jiang

Fiat Lux.
This drawing overlays four seasons of sunlight within the interior of the Pantheon, capturing a still moment at each hour across the summer and winter solstices and the spring and autumn equinoxes. These rays and luminous ‘pearls’ mark the slow passage of the Sun, depicting the space as a celestial timepiece. Here, light is both measure and material, binding architecture to solar time and illuminating the Pantheon across the year.
At the centre of the composition is the proposed OCULUS installation, descending into the space from above.
Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering: Caleb Skene (with Brooklyn Richardson), Geometric Analysis: Yuhao Jiang

Stars of the Firmament. The Pantheon is rendered by a LiDAR scan into twenty million points, which dissolve into the nine thousand stars of the surrounding celestial field. A time-lapse rotation of the Northern night sky captures 120 minutes of celestial movement, binding architecture and cosmos into a shared spherical form.
As the building’s edges blur, distinctions between interior and exterior collapse, drawing the universe into the space itself. The work positions the Pantheon and OCULUS installation as a direct conduit between the finite constructed world and the infinite beyond.
Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering: Brooklyn Richardson (with Caleb Skene), Geometric Analysis: Yuhao Jiang

Chiaro. A rendering from the volumetric point cloud model of the Pantheon. Descending from the oculus are delicate filaments forming a cone, a geometric construct that is delineated by the architecture itself. Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering and Geometric Analysis: Yuhao Jiang

Scuro. A rendering from the volumetric point cloud model of the Pantheon. Descending from the oculus are delicate filaments forming a cone, a geometric construct that is delineated by the architecture itself. Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering and Geometric Analysis: Yuhao Jiang

Lunar Month. Presented in elevation, the Pantheon is set against the traced lunar path of a single synodic month in January 2026.
The Sun, Earth, and Moon appear as displaced spheres within the composition, operating as active agents rather than distant bodies. Together, they establish a spatial dialogue with the Pantheon, situating the building within a broader celestial system.
Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering: Brooklyn Richardson (with Caleb Skene), Geometric Analysis: Yuhao Jiang

Lunar Orbit. The Pantheon— at 5.5 degrees West of North— is positioned as the central pupil of a conceptual terrestrial eye, its oculus anchoring the field of vision. The moon’s orbital paths encircle Earth and Pantheon alike, with the moons of April 2026 shown day-by-day. A luminous lunar texture drifts across the historic Lanciani map of Rome, cloaking the city in a soft haze and foregrounding the enduring relationship between architecture, astronomy, and perception.
Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering: Brooklyn Richardson (with Caleb Skene), Geometric Analysis: Yuhao Jiang

00:00 Natale di Roma. A three dimensional collage, where constellations of every single star visible to the human eye in the Milky Way galaxy are etched on a delicate transparent sphere surrounding the Pantheon. The stars are accurately positioned as they were at midnight on April 21 2025, Rome’s 2778th birthday.Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering: Brooklyn Richardson (with Caleb Skene), Geometric Analysis: Yuhao Jiang

Celestius Lux. A three-dimensional collage of the Pantheon below and a heliocentric vision above, based on the 1543 Copernican planetary model. A cone of light descends through the Pantheon’s oculus—a luminous axis between heaven and earth. Composed with LiDAR scans, 3D digital reconstructions, and astronomical models from NASA archives. Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering: Caleb Skene (with Brooklyn Richardson), Geometric Analysis: Yuhao Jiang

Naked Eye. A three dimensional collage traces constellations of every star visible to the human eye in the Milky Way galaxy onto a transparent sphere within the Pantheon. The monument rests upon our planet’s dome, while the OCULUS cone reaches towards the heavens, drawing Earth and Cosmos together in ethereal form. Composed with LiDAR scans, 3D digital reconstructions, and astronomical models from NASA archives. Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering: Brooklyn Richardson (with Caleb Skene), Geometric Analysis: Yuhao Jiang

Tracing Time: East. The counterpart to West. A matched pair of three dimensional collages, capturing the Pantheon’s shifting relationship to time, light and cosmic rhythm. Sunlight is charted across solstices, equinoxes, and Rome’s birthday, from sunrise to midday in the East Section and from midday to sunset in the West Section. The light traces across coffered ceilings, rendering LIDAR-derived points into solid form.
Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering: Brooklyn Richardson (with Caleb Skene), Geometric Analysis: Yuhao Jiang

Tracing Time: West. The counterpart to East. A matched pair of three dimensional collages, capturing the Pantheon’s shifting relationship to time, light and cosmic rhythm. Sunlight is charted across solstices, equinoxes, and Rome’s birthday, from sunrise to midday in the East Section and from midday to sunset in the West Section. The light traces across coffered ceilings, rendering LIDAR-derived points into solid form.
Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering: Brooklyn Richardson (with Caleb Skene), Geometric Analysis: Yuhao Jiang

Mars Invictus. This three-dimensional collage is situated within the interior of a volumetric point-cloud model of the Pantheon, centered on the proposed OCULUS installation. A concentrated solar ray enters the space as it did on May 14, 2025, the festival of Mars Invictus, at 2:00 p.m. The coffered dome illuminated at this moment is rendered into solid form.
The drawing seeks to map, configure, and give volume to light itself, revealing the architecture as an instrument of measured time.
Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering: Caleb Skene (with Brooklyn Richardson), Geometric Analysis: Yuhao Jiang

Star Atlas. A three dimensional collage combines a spherical star atlas accurately charting the 9000+ stars currently visible to the naked eye with a precise volumetric point cloud model of the Pantheon. The thousands of points that make up the model blend with the thousands of stars, weaving earthly monument with celestial wonder. Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering: Brooklyn Richardson (with Caleb Skene), Geometric Analysis: Yuhao Jiang

Camera Obscura. The oculus acts as a lens for the image of the sky inverted within the building. Rendering with 28-day calendar and 5 known planets of the ancient world. Chiaro. A rendering from the volumetric point cloud model of the Pantheon. Descending from the oculus are delicate filaments forming a cone, a geometric construct that is delineated by the architecture itself. Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering and Geometric Analysis: Yuhao Jiang

Revolving Circles: Eye. Volumetric rendering from above. Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering: Guiseppe Marino.

Revolving Circles: High. Volumetric rendering from above. Concept and Artistic Direction: Kristin Jones, Digital Rendering: Guiseppe Marino.