Kiln, Dome, City: The Ceramics Museum

Mekân Magazine presented the Kütahya Ceramics Museum with an essay on the representation of local craft in museum architecture. The article discusses the structural and symbolic meaning of the kiln form.

Details

• Year: 2022
• Type: Magazine
• Publication / institution: Mekân Magazine
• Related project: Seramik Müzesi, Kütahya

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About the project

Seramik Müzesi, Kütahya: A museum telling the tile and ceramic tradition through kiln-shaped exhibition volumes.

Visuals and technical information for the project can be found in the Projects section.

About the publication

The article explains step by step the structural concept of the museum's domed volumes, the thin-shell concrete application and the production process of the facade tiles. It also discusses the museum's effect on new pedestrian flows in the city.