Downtown Design
redazione 25/03/2025

Convivial kitchen

The kitchen blends with living areas through modular systems, smart surfaces, and high-tech appliances, enhancing conviviality and personalization

The essence of the kitchen revolves around the idea of conviviality. This space evolves, becoming an environment capable of integrating with the living area. Modular systems and intelligent surfaces optimize every aspect, while high-tech appliances offer advanced performance, enhancing the interaction and personalization of the domestic experience.

Lhov by Elica

Lhov by Elica

The Lhov cooktop by Elica, with its linear design and black glass, combines aesthetics and performance: perfectly flush with the kitchen furniture, it offers different cooking modes and zones and an extraordinary touchscreen. Its extraction system can capture vapors and odors from the cooktop and, for the first time, from the oven as well.

Ak_Project by Arrital, design Franco Driusso

Ak_Project by Arrital, design Franco Driusso

Ak_Project, designed by Franco Driusso for Arrital, is a complete kitchen system that integrates with the living area, presenting 11 different settings and styles. Arrital focuses on the proposed layouts, such as the Planar Boiserie, Divider System modules, and the glass Pass System door. The Sipario storage module elegantly conceals the operational area.

Cove Kitchen by Boffi, design Zaha Hadid

Cove Kitchen by Boffi, design Zaha Hadid

Cove Kitchen, originally conceived by the genius of Zaha Hadid for Boffi, is presented as a monoblock with fluid elegance, where sinuous shapes intertwine with the versatility of moldable materials like Corian®. The lateral supports rise upwards, harmoniously supporting the rear snack, extending to create a welcoming and functional area.

Gaggenau Expressive by Gaggenau

Gaggenau Expressive by Gaggenau

The Gaggenau Expressive series features ovens equipped with a high-performance heating system and an invisible grill. Key features include temperatures of up to 300°C, an intuitive user interface, advanced automatic programmes, a multi-point food core temperature probe and a pyrolytic self-cleaning system.

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