DA BUREAU, together with the Palaty Gallery team, created one of the most complex design objects - a kitchen model
Together with the Palaty Gallery team, we created one of the most complex design objects - a kitchen model. We used the production facilities of Palaty Atelier as well as handcrafted labour.
This is our first design project developed within the new direction of the office - DA product. An important aspect of DA product is the creation of unique objects with a focus on technology and sustainability. This direction plans to foster collaboration with other architectural offices, companies, and industries.
In this collaboration, we aspired to reflect, first of all, not merely the object, but the principles and common values of DA and Palaty: architecturality, functionality, and handcraftedness. We eliminated decorative elements and far-fetched details and created a strict, laconic, but at the same time exhaustively functional kitchen.
Materials and finishes have been carefully selected: stainless steel is ideal for the kitchen, it is hygienic and wear-resistant; and we used veneer and textured ceramics to contrast with the strictness and coldness.
The veneer for the facades is a reconstructed veneer: it is assembled into a single canvas using scraps from large furniture manufacturers. This is how we combined sustainability and the design of an oversised facade into a single concept.
The intricate pattern is hand-picked to create a single large canvas with a finished ornament. We have left the veneer finish volumetrically, preserving the living nature of the material.
Special attention should be paid to the supports of the tabletops, which are lined with hand-moulded ceramics. We tested many samples and glaze formulas in order to match the veneer shade and harmonise the combination of materials. The supports are rough, lively, and elemental like the material itself.
Handmade ceramics and textured veneers made the kitchen ‘alive’ and enhanced the visual identity.
‘As we do with the interiors, where we start with logistics and laying out the space when dealing with the kitchen, we first thought about how to make it intuitive and comfortable. It has a functional strip across the island that hides all the storage you need, as well as a pull-out worktop for quick breakfasts. As true architecture fans, we were inspired by the Constructivism period; it was the image of Constructivist buildings on piles that formed the basis of the kitchen island.’ - Maria Romanova, co-founder and lead architect of DA BUREAU.
