Timber-lined interior kitchen and dining space with a skylight and dark
An interior precedent for wrapping residential spaces in continuous light timber panels, paired with dark matte cabinetry and high daylight penetration.
- What we like about this project
- The ceiling and wall panels flow seamlessly into one another around the skylight opening.
Materials
- timber
- plywood
- matte-laminate
- glass
Visual identifiers
- timber-panelling
- dark-cabinetry
- skylight
- window-seat
Style tags
- scandinavian
- minimalist
- contemporary
Visual tags
- residential
- minimal
- warm-interior
- timber-cladding
- kitchen
- Geometry
- Rectangular volume completely wrapped in timber panels, featuring a low kitchen run and a cutaway opening above leading to a skylight.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction
- Spatial scale
- Domestic scale; single-story kitchen and dining height with an elevated stair transition in the foreground.
- Lighting
- Direct daylight from a skylight and side window creating sharp shadows and highlighting the vertical timber grain.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, cohesive, and warm due to the monochromatic use of blonde timber surfaces.
- Environmental context
- Interior domestic space with a glimpse of an exterior roof structure through the window.
- Spatial experience
- The warm, continuous timber envelope creates an immersive, cocoon-like atmosphere, opening toward a window seat and dining area with bright daylight.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical panel joints on the wall align with horizontal transitions, punctuated by the dark blocks of the kitchen cabinetry.
- Style reading
- Scandinavian modern minimalist interior
- Program
- Residential kitchen and dining
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- timber, plywood, matte-laminate, glass
- Visual identifiers
- timber-panelling, dark-cabinetry, skylight, window-seat
- Style tags
- scandinavian, minimalist, contemporary
- Visual tags
- residential, minimal, warm-interior, timber-cladding, kitchen
- Geometry
- Rectangular volume completely wrapped in timber panels, featuring a low kitchen run and a cutaway opening above leading to a skylight.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction
- Spatial scale
- Domestic scale; single-story kitchen and dining height with an elevated stair transition in the foreground.
- Lighting
- Direct daylight from a skylight and side window creating sharp shadows and highlighting the vertical timber grain.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, cohesive, and warm due to the monochromatic use of blonde timber surfaces.
- Environmental context
- Interior domestic space with a glimpse of an exterior roof structure through the window.
- Spatial experience
- The warm, continuous timber envelope creates an immersive, cocoon-like atmosphere, opening toward a window seat and dining area with bright daylight.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical panel joints on the wall align with horizontal transitions, punctuated by the dark blocks of the kitchen cabinetry.
- Style reading
- Scandinavian modern minimalist interior
- Program
- Residential kitchen and dining
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior