Architecture Asia - ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2018

This Terra Cotta Studio for a renowned artist is located next
to Thu Bon River in Dien Ban district of Quang Nam Province.
The studio itself is a beautiful art structure to engage in – a cubeshaped
building with 7sqm of space. Surrounding the studio is
a bamboo frame platform that is used for drying out terra cotta
products. It is further designed with two big benches for resting,
relaxing and having tea. This raised platform also serves as a
fence to separate the studio with the area of workshop.
The outermost layer of the studio is made of solid clay bricks,
which reminds people of traditional Vietnamese furnaces. The
bricks were laid in an interleaved pattern that create holes to help
improve wind ventilation. This layer is not meant to be the wall that
separates the outside environment from the inside; as such the
artist can sense the wind, sounds and smells from the surrounding
area.
ARCHITECTURE ASIA ISSUE 3 2018
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