文化帶動地區重生的現象，在近年來成為學術界競相研究的議題。由於古根漢畢爾包分館的成功，炫目建築的人氣聚焦效果也對相關的決策及討論產生衝擊。本文藉由「極簡」藝術家賈得(Donald Judd) 在美國德州Marfa的博物館及英國泰特美術館在聖艾芙的分館兩個作品，探討博物館與地區間的共生關係，及具地方風格的建築物在其間所扮演的橋樑角色。

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and similar successful stories have fueled great interest in “culture-led regeneration”, and changed the landscape of “museum architecture”. In this paper, Donald Judd’s museum in Marfa and the Tate Gallery’s branch in St Ives are examined in these aspects. Though not visually arresting, the local-style museum buildings play a mediating role between “museum” and “place”, and help to foster a symbiotic relation between them.