Case Studies

This sport-themed line of meaning is based on the spatial relationship between the Castlerigg stone circle in northwest England and Place de l’Étoile in Paris.
Connecting two similar sites isn’t unusual. But this 12,000-kilometer line becomes remarkable when it passes through a third building with the same name and the same creative purpose.
A map of medieval Bristol created from the one in Alfred Watkins’ seminal book, The Old Straight Track. It shows how alleyways, bridges, and gateways are aligned towards taller church steeples.
This alignment stretches from Deal Castle in Kent to Abbey Dore in Herefordshire. It features a remarkable sequence of religious, political, and military centers of power.
The main locations of the September 11, 2001 attacks are arranged along a perfectly straight axis, from the Logan International Airport in Boston to the WTC twin towers and the center of the Pentagon building. This alignment extends to Chapultepec Park in Mexico City.
All roads lead to Rome, including those of downtown Dallas, which are oriented towards the Eternal City! The street where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, along with its neighbors, forms the "trident" of Dealey Plaza, mirrored by the Fountain of Neptune and the Tridente district in Rome.
Discovered by Thierry Van de Leur in 2015, this symbolic line reveals a connection between the Vatican, the Holy Father John Paul II, and his native Poland.
Erected in 1936, the Buenos Aires Obelisk marks the starting point of the structural axes of South America and appears as the “lock” keeping the entire continent under the tutelage of the Empire.