Container Content and The Space Between

Abstract

This thesis began with an observation within an environment of quite the mundane. The observation drew upon curiosity of certain connections that were generated toward a painting that was place within the confines of this space. Form this observation an idea was generated toward the understanding of the relationship between an environment and what that means to the materiality and activity conducted within that environment. This exploration tries to gain an understanding toward the ideas of art and architecture and what that means to house the two concepts together. Upon an observation for a museum, is there a way to connect the architecture to the art or the art to the architecture. This proposal focused on cubism as the catalyst and shares the ideologies of the Italian Renaissance Garden as a means to express place. The architecture falls somewhere in the middle of these two art forms trying to tie each expression into one overall experience.