Brick Symphony – Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum

Studio Zhu-Pei designs the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum evoking active and tangible memories, the design proof of how ancient techniques can be reinterpreted and reread in a contemporary key… Jingdezhen is known as the "Porcelain Capital" in the world because it has been producing pottery for 1,700 years. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Jingdezhen exported a huge amount of porcelains to Europe. Situated on a restricted historical area adjacent to the east side of the Imperial Kiln ruins, the plan of the Imperial Kiln Museum is aligned with the north-south street grid of Jingdezhen. The Museum comprises more than […]