Obori Soma Ware Matsunaga Kiln

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.

Obori Soma Ware Matsunaga Kiln Shop and Atelier by Naoya TOCHIO has been recognized as an outstanding illustration of architectural design by the A' Design Award. Obori Soma Ware Matsunaga Kiln Shop and Atelier was awarded the Golden A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design in 2022. The A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award is an international, juried, academic and meritocratic design prize which honors superior design of residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries, retail stores, showrooms, exhibition spaces and more.

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