# Open-Air Chinese Porcelain Museums Studio Zhu-Pei Preserves Ruins at the Imperial Kiln Museum By Elena Rahman | Published 2021-05-04 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/imperial-kiln-museum References: [thisiscolossal](http://thisiscolossal.com/2021/04/studio-zhu-pei-imperial-kiln-museum/) Porcelain capital of the world, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China, is now home to the Imperial Kiln Museum. With more than 2,000 years of prize-winning porcelain history, architects from Studio Zhu-Pei have built an open-air vault-style museum to pay homage to the traditional porcelain production of the region. Massive curved vaults with towering arches mimic the traditional kilns used to produce Jingdezhen's traditional porcelain. The site in which the museum is built sits around the existing ruins on the ground from the ancient practice. To preserve the historical remnants, the architects on the Imperial Kiln Museum project incorporate them within the new structures. The Museum's brick vaults sit adjacent to the production sites used during the Ming and Qing dynasties and are made of both recycled and new bricks, to bring history and contemporary culture together. Image Credit: Colossal ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.0/10 - Popularity: 66% | Activity: 13% | Freshness: 10% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Open-air Museums:** Opportunity for creating open-air museums and preserving ancient artifacts using contemporary architectural elements. - **Architectural Preservation:** Opportunity for architects to integrate ancient ruins into new contemporary architecture, preserving historical remnants. - **Sustainable Architecture:** Opportunities for creating sustainable architecture through the use of recycled materials in conjunction with new materials. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Museums:** Museums can create a new open-air concept of displaying ancient artifacts using innovative architectural designs. - **Architecture:** Architecture can focus on preserving ancient ruins integrating them into new architectural structures highlighting the historical aspects of a location. - **Sustainability:** Sustainable architecture can incorporate the use of recycled materials in conjunction with new building materials creating structures that are not only eco-friendly but rich in historical reference. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Tile-Cladded Chinese Clay Museums](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ucca-clay-museum.md) - [Architectural Pottery Museums](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bat-trang.md) - [Old Mine Tunnel-Integrated Museums](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/atelier-xk.md) - [Factory-Converted Revived Spaces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/porcelain-factory-plugin-revival.md) - [Swept Roof Underground Museums](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/deep-time-palace.md) - [Contemporary Stoneware Tiles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-imperial-tiles.md) - [Kilometer-Long Museums](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zaishui-art-museum.md) - [Color-Shifting Art Museums](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-quartet-songzhuang-z-museum.md) - [Ceramic Vault Structures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/muqarnas-pavilion.md)