Jingdezhen Historical Museum of Imperial Kiln, Jiangxi Building Project, Chinese Architecture Images
Jingdezhen Historical Museum of Imperial Kiln in Jiangxi
Architecture Development in China ? design by Studio Zhu-Pei, Architects
23 Mar 2017
Jingdezhen Historical Museum of Imperial Kiln
Architects: Studio Zhu-Pei
Location: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
Jingdezhen Historical Museum of Imperial Kiln

Located in the historic center of Jingdezhen city, Jingdezhen Historical Museum of the Imperial Kiln is adjacent to the Ming and Qing imperial kiln ruins and surrounded by many ancient kilns varied in size.

Jingdezhen was born by a kiln and became prosperity because of china. Kilns, made by bricks, are not only the origin of Jingdezhen city, but also public and social spaces for citizens? daily life. The bricks of Jingdezhen record a warmth inseparable from the lifeblood of the city: In the past, the children of Jingdezhen would take a warm brick from the firing kilns to place in their schoolbags, holding it tight to keep warm and thus making it through the freezing winter. During summer, when off season starts, this place surrounded by brickwork provide the public of different age groups wonderfully a shaded communal space.
With imperishable memories from generation to generation, those broken ancient kilns of course became the inspiration of the design. The unique form of the kilns, the Eastern arch prototype , plus its passing time and memories, shaped the isomorphic relati...