Iron Kitchen Furniture, Equipment and Fixtures Design · 2022

Torino Kitchen

by Nicoletta Santini

A' Design Award 2022 Iron Winner in Kitchen Furniture, Equipment and Fixtures Design
Awarded April 15, 2022
CLIENT: Shapes Italy
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About Torino Kitchen

Torino is a modular kitchen system defined by clean lines and a minimal design. Base cabinets, a backsplash and wall cabinets can be produced in fully customized sizes. Materials range from laminate and lacquer to wood, Fenix, Corian and laminated HPL. The version shown uses a super matt anti-fingerprint and anti-scratch laminate, with a stratified HPL worktop that resists heat, water and impact. Dimmable LED lighting with adjustable tilt, a hidden socket in the top and a waste disposal unit are included. Metal drawers run on retractable guides and close slowly.

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Unique Properties: Clean lines, minimal design, maximum freedom in customization.
The customer with Torino kitchen can realize his own desires choosing between not only several materials but also different kind of systems and technology. Thanks to dimmed led with adjustable tilt, top hidden socket, garbage disposal and completly customized sizes Torino Kitchen wants to satisfy all the client's requests.
Dimensions & Packaging: Base Cabinets: 3200 mm x 600 mm x 900 mm
Backsplash: 3200 mm x 12 mm x 600 mm
Wall Cabinets: 3200 x 300 mm x 800 mm
Tags: kitchen, flexibility, resistance, customization, innovation, minimalism, technology
Production Technology: The choice of materials ranges from laminates to lacquered, from wood to Fenix, from Corian to laminated HPL: many materials for always new and different ideas. For this kitchen, a super matt anti-fingerprint and anti-scratch laminate was used: a very versatile and resistant material, which also helps to keep the kitchen clean.
Design Challenge: The hardware and the opening systems have been carefully chosen: the metal drawers with retractable guides and slow closing, the mechanisms for flap doors and folding doors, the doors with shockproof closure and the top hidden socket.
Details that make the difference and enrich the everyday experience in the kitchen.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2021 and finished in January 2022 in Shapes Italys Showroom based in Bergamo.
Operation Flow: The worktop is the most stressed material in the kitchen: it must resist heat, be waterproof, withstand possible impacts.
The top in the photo was made with a stratified HPL, a material that is very resistant to both heat and impacts. It is also very easy to clean, does not retain dirt, and is not afraid of the most stubborn stains such as those of coffee or wine.
Research: "Turin is a city which entices a writer towards vigor, linearity, style. It encourages logic, and through logic it opens the way towards madness."
Starting from a deep research about this unique Italian city, its enigmatic building, its strong flavors and its elegant colors was born Torino Kitchen.
Inspiration: Often we begin to furnish the house starting from the kitchen: it influences the rest of the rooms with its style and materials, unconsciously it is she who binds us to many choices. Precisely for this reason we have created a minimal kitchen that knows how to adapt to every need, and at the same time chameleonic, able to change as the customer imagines it.
Image Credits: Image #1/#2/#3/#4/#5: Photographer Norberto Pezzotta, Torino, 2022.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Shapes Italy, 2022.