Barrel Vault and Water

We see barrel vaults everywhere, but the only barrel vault so firmly etched in my mind are those at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth designed by Louis Kahn. It is hard to think of a barrel, even when it is above us, and not think of wine, whiskey, water, or a cask of some sort. There is a resolution to this barrel vault as we get to see water alongside it, as if this barrel vault actually contains the water, even from its inverted position.
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