Suzhou's Museum of Imperial Kiln Brick

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Suzhou's Museum of Imperial Kiln Brick

Referencing the protruding eaves of the country’s vernacular architecture, the site’s largest building is the museum of imperial kiln brick. Its internal space is divided into three parts: the abstraction of the palace; the production, transportation, and the use of jin zhuan, (the ‘golden bricks’); and the abstraction of the brick kiln. ‘The museum is neither a kiln nor an imperial court, but a contemporary public architecture that combines the embodiment of both,’ explains jiakun architects.