INAX 博物馆 "窑炉广场"

事务所策划了爱知县常滑市骊住经营的INAX博物馆 "窑炉广场"的更新展览，从1921年开始运营了约50年，1986年对外开放的陶管工厂被指定为 "注册有形文化财产"，从此成为博物馆的象征。如今，博物馆力图将其恢复为能够传达当时窑炉力量和工艺热情的设施。

We planned the renewal exhibition of INAX MUSEUMS “Kiln Plaza” operated by LIXIL in Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture. The museum’s earthenware pipe factory, which operated for roughly 50 years from 1921 and then opened to the public in 1986, was designated a “registered tangible cultural property” and has since become a symbol of the museum. Today, the museum has sought to restore it as a facility that would convey the power of the kiln and the passion for craftsmanship at that time.

我们的注意力集中在所谓的“Ryomendaki Toenshiki Kakugama”(双面向下通风的矩形窑炉)的动态嵌套结构上，砖墙窑炉由木质建筑覆盖，屋顶框架可见，我们提出了一个修复展览计划，以最大化建筑本身的吸引力。对于这次更新，我们在博物馆内安装了一个普通的接待处，由于它是整个博物馆的枢纽，并且考虑到周围设施的流线，我们制定了一个路线计划，允许游客在窑内漫步。将窑炉的一侧作为中庭，我们确保了一个宽敞的内部空间，可以从上下两层看到嵌套的结构。我们还恢复了照明，并通过照亮屋顶框架来强调建筑的内在特征。

We focused our attention on the dynamic nested structure of the so-called “Ryomendaki Toenshiki Kakugama” (two-side-fired down-draft rectangular kiln) brickwork kiln covered by a wooden building with visible roof frame, and we proposed a restoration exhibition plan that would maximize the appeal of the architecture itself. For this renewal, we installed a general reception within the museum and, due to its position as a hub for the entire museum and considering the line of flow to the surrounding facilities, we made a route plan that allows visitors to wander around the kiln. Making one side of the kiln an atrium, we secured a generous interior space that allows a view of the nested structure from the lower and upper floors. We also restored the lighting and accentuated the architecture’s inherent characteristics by lighting up the roof frame.

在窑内，我们通过逼真的投影视频再现了火焰的运动。不仅让参观者能够直观地了解窑炉的点火过程，而且我们还赋予了它一种真实感，让参观者能够感受到当年工厂产生的热量。

Within the kiln, we reproduced the movement of flame by using a realistic projection video. Not only are visitors able to intuitively understand the process of lighting a kiln, but we gave it a sense of realism that allows them to feel the amount of heat that was produced by the plant back then.

此外，我们还通过在遗迹上使用现代技术，为退役工厂注入新的生命力，通过范围式的展览，让观众享受虚拟现实，窑炉照明装置就像那个时代的余像一样出现在窑炉前，还通过鸟瞰动画，让他们看到全盛时期的城镇面貌。

Also, we went on to breathe new life into the decommissioned plant by using modern technology on the remains through a scope-style exhibition that allows viewers to enjoy virtual reality as the kiln lighting device appears in front of the kiln like an afterimage of the era, as well as through a bird’s eye view animation that allows them to see how the town appeared during its heyday.

我们的目标是创造一个设施，作为未来文化扩展和新社区形成的纽带，并适合作为常滑市的象征。

We aimed to create a facility that would serve as a nexus for future cultural expansion and the formation of new communities, and to be suitable as a symbol for the city of Tokoname.

Project: INAX MUSEUMS “Kiln Plaza”

Design firm: TORAFU ARCHITECTS

Primary use: PERMANENT EXHIBITION SITE

Production: NOMURA /Conservation work: ICHIDA

Credit: Planning, Graphic design: AXIS / Planning: Syunichi Suge, Terayama Norihiko (studio note) / Image・Sound production: LUFTZUG / Lighting design: ENDO Lighting / Maintenance work: HIKI Takuto+MSK associates

Building site: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan

Design period: 2017.11-2019.09

Construction period: 2019.09-10

Photo: Daici Ano

Website: https://www.livingculture.lixil/en/