Thesis Abstract

Abstract:
Through the references to techniques and tools architecture can be used in creating a place where watercolor can be created, preserved and displayed for posterity.

An American museum is needed for the creation and display of expanding quantities of watercolor art. The idea of expressing the building in terms of the tools is not new, but the best place where all the positive affects of art can be centralized is in the museum setting.

Watercolor is an old and portable form of art which has an unhindered and transparent characteristic. A museum which can be embraced the surrounding plantation farmland, display important artists and can be a cultural landscape, as well as, a home to display this fragile art form. Through the use of transparency, illumination, and context, the experience of moving through space can heighten the enjoyment and a positive visual experience.