Kirara Glass Factory | © Kengo Kuma & Associates
Japan 2004

Kirara Glass Factory

Yamaguchi
Educational
Completed
1F

We designed a lifelong learning facility on Yakenohama Coast in Onoda City that includes a glass-making workshop and a glass shop. The glass façade with the use of brise-soleil creates a soft connection between the architecture and the sea, allowing glass-making activities to take place while feeling the presence of the ocean.

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Team Makoto Shirahama* (* Former Staff) Structure Makino Structural Engineering Facility P.T.Morimura & Associates