Abstract:
"..farming as a point of departure and as a means to a better end. .. emancipate themselves from the soil and join the ranks of businessmen and specialists. " Broehl pg 24"Above all by its architecture, its elaborate instructional programs, its air of gravity and propriety; and its wealth, the museum could testify to the serious character of culture as a larger activity, to the fact that there were agreed upon values and standards which could be applied to judgement, to histor ; to civilization itself'"Neil HarrisDesigning a museum for tractors is an outlet for my own questioning the meaning in architecture. This thesis is dealing with the idea that the building relates whole-heartedly to the subject matter of the building. My premise in designing such a structure is not solely to understand the meaning in museums, but also to understand the place of meaning in varieties of architecture. The idea that meaning is only reserved to museums or art galleries seems to be present in people's minds. I want to question this idea in order to better my own architecture.
