Date of Graduation
5-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Architecture
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
Architecture
Advisor/Mentor
Terry, Laura
Committee Member
Furlong, Kimberley
Second Committee Member
Mitchell, Marc
Abstract
The museum is a culturally significant institution used for learning, thought, and contemplation from its conceptualization in The Enlightenment Movement of the 17th century. The art museum has the potential to create a powerful relationship between the art and the architecture that houses it. The architecture of an art museum becomes a critical participant in the experience of art and affects the spaces in a dramatic way. If the art or architecture overpowers the other, the user experience is impacted; therefore, the connection created between the two within the museum is one of great importance. When a symbiotic connection, or a mutually beneficial relationship between the art and architecture is created harmony results, fostering a transforming experience for the museum patron. This research poses the question: What qualities create a symbiotic relationship between architecture and the viewing of art in an art museum? This research used three case studies, The Clyfford Still Museum, The Glenstone, and The Nasher Sculpture Center, and focused on extracting what architectural qualities aided in creating a symbiotic relationship between the art and architecture that resulted in a fully harmonious museum experience. A series of diagrams, photographs, and experience pastel drawings for each case study museum illuminated what elements functioned best within each museum to create harmony, or a balanced experience, with a final compilation of possible strategies for museum designers to reference to create a more accessible future for the museum typology.
Keywords
Museum Design; Museum Architecture; Architecture; Exhibition Design; Art; Museum Studies
Citation
Padilla, Z. (2025). Curated: The Impact of Architectural Sequence on the Journey through the Art Museum. Architecture Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/archuht/83
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Included in
Fine Arts Commons, Interior Architecture Commons, Landscape Architecture Commons, Other Architecture Commons, Painting Commons, Sculpture Commons
Comments
(This capstone is intended to be viewed as a book. The title and abstract pages are in the full text upload and the book spreads are under supplemental content, as was requested by the honors college for this style of capstone.)