Obori Soma Ware Matsunaga Kiln Shop and Atelier

Obori Soma Ware Matsunaga Kiln Shop and Atelier
by Naoya TOCHIO

• Awarded April 15, 2022
• CLIENT: Obori Soma Ware manufacturer Matsunaga Kiln
• 18.294

Matsunaga Kiln was located in Fukushima, Japan, producing the designated traditional crafts with more than 300 years of history. One proprietary feature of Obori Soma Ware is its double-layered structure, which enables this daily-use ceramics to hold boiling water and prevents it from cooling down. Designers wanted to incorporate and express this feature in our architecture. Designers believe that the different scales of architecture and ceramics, in the same composition, influence each other.