CHELSEA I
2017
An interior precedent for luxury kitchen design utilizing symmetrical dual marble islands and a double-height glazed partition framing a private exterior courtyard.
- What we like about this project
- Delicate constellation-like pendant lights hang centrally in the double-height volume, mirroring the starry pattern against the louvered background.
Materials
- marble
- stainless-steel
- timber
- glass
- plaster
Visual identifiers
- dual-islands
- dark-marble-countertops
- timber-louvers
- double-height-glazing
- suspended-light-fixture
Style tags
- contemporary
- luxury
- minimal-refined
Visual tags
- luxury-kitchen
- courtyard-view
- symmetry
- daylight-control
- high-end-residential
- Geometry
- Symmetrical two-island layout centered on a monumental glazed courtyard wall with overhead clerestory cutouts and dropped soffits.
- Facade system
- Full-height steel-framed glass curtain wall with exterior operable timber louvers.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete floor plates spanning over an open-plan domestic interior with an internal courtyard cutout.
- Spatial scale
- Expansive double-height kitchen and dining volume with monumental glazed opening.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight diffusing through exterior timber louvers, creating linear shadow patterns across the courtyard and interior glass.
- Atmosphere
- Sophisticated, serene, and carefully structured by parallel geometry and filtered daylight.
- Environmental context
- Urban interior opening onto a private enclosed lightwell or courtyard with exterior seating.
- Spatial experience
- Grounded and deeply framed by parallel islands, the view pulls the eye through the glass wall directly into an outdoor courtyard dining setup.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict bilateral symmetry reinforced by the paired islands and repetitive horizontal timber louvers outside.
- Style reading
- Contemporary luxury residential interior
- Program
- High-end residential kitchen
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- marble, stainless-steel, timber, glass, plaster
- Visual identifiers
- dual-islands, dark-marble-countertops, timber-louvers, double-height-glazing, suspended-light-fixture
- Style tags
- contemporary, luxury, minimal-refined
- Visual tags
- luxury-kitchen, courtyard-view, symmetry, daylight-control, high-end-residential
- Geometry
- Symmetrical two-island layout centered on a monumental glazed courtyard wall with overhead clerestory cutouts and dropped soffits.
- Facade system
- Full-height steel-framed glass curtain wall with exterior operable timber louvers.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete floor plates spanning over an open-plan domestic interior with an internal courtyard cutout.
- Spatial scale
- Expansive double-height kitchen and dining volume with monumental glazed opening.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight diffusing through exterior timber louvers, creating linear shadow patterns across the courtyard and interior glass.
- Atmosphere
- Sophisticated, serene, and carefully structured by parallel geometry and filtered daylight.
- Environmental context
- Urban interior opening onto a private enclosed lightwell or courtyard with exterior seating.
- Spatial experience
- Grounded and deeply framed by parallel islands, the view pulls the eye through the glass wall directly into an outdoor courtyard dining setup.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict bilateral symmetry reinforced by the paired islands and repetitive horizontal timber louvers outside.
- Style reading
- Contemporary luxury residential interior
- Program
- High-end residential kitchen
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior