ABSTRACT
Museum architecture and landscape is the blueprint for forming place that not only invites congregation for the purpose of museum-going, but also extends the museum beyond the walls of its official domain, weaving it into the life of the community so that it becomes incidental to everyday experience and enjoyment of place. Four case studies from KTA elucidate thinking on the role of museum architecture and illustrate a design approach and spatial devices (for both built form and landscape) in the formation of place and the strengthening of community that might reinforce the aspiration of museum as place-maker or “new town square.”
