Jingdezhen,Jiangxi, China is widely recognized as the porcelain capital of the world with a more than 2000-year history of producing prized ceramics. As an homage to that tradition, and architects from Studio Zhu-Pei constructed an open-air structure with towering arches mimicking traditional kilns. The expansive brick vaults now house the northern city’s Imperial Kiln Museum,which sits adjacent to the production sites used during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
To preserve and demarcate the existing ruins on the grounds, Studio Zhu-Pei configured the modern building around the remnants, and like courtyards and monuments embedded in the ground,in a way that brings together history and contemporary culture in a single space. More
Source: thisiscolossal.com