Our 2nd year project title is "Spaces, Structures and Systems".  I literally had no idea what to do so I started off by doing some research on the topic.  Turns out artists used that concept for years beforehand.  I found a handy little website that covers the general history of last centuries artists approach to the topic.  It covers everything from Cubism to the Destruction of Visual Space.  I started the project by reading this.

http://www.ski.org/CWTyler_lab/CWTyler/Art%20Investigations/C20th_Space/C20thSpace.html