Celeste

Firm LocationHangzhou, China

Project locationLishui, China

CompanyCAA

Lead ArchitectMin Zhuo

Design TeamSangshuang Liu, Yanfeng Chen

People love porcelain, but pay little attention to the brick kiln that fires it. What if a kiln fires itself? Special sintered bricks were glazed and re-fired, then laid to build this kiln-shaped installation with a unique transmutation glaze of Celedon on skin. At night, a young couple lights candles inside. Through holes between bricks, it looks as if a thousand-year-old kiln fire has added a layer of shiny gloss to the outside enamel. It freezes a moment of flambé glaze on site, which reminds the locals of their heritage of firing Celedon pottery, at a street corner in downtown Lishui.