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Asymmetrical seams across the entire worktop
Ash Studio
Standort
Morstel (Belgium)
Remodeler
Homescape
Contractor
Bouwbedrijf Van Den Driessche
Farbe
UMBER
Stärke
20 mm
Fotos
Anneleen Jegers
Architektur/Design
Ash Studio
Hersteller
Gramaco
Produkt
DKTN
Aplication
Küchenarbeitsplatte
Fertigstellung
2023
Sophie Andries, an interior architect with a background in technical drawing, founded Ash Studio to bring her vision of interior design to life. After studying at the Sint-Lucas College in Ghent, her career evolved from drafter to estimator, and finally, four years ago, to entrepreneurship. Her unique approach combines technical expertise and aesthetic insight, placing the needs and lifestyle of her clients at the center to create functional, user-friendly, and tailor-made interior designs. With a focus on technical aspects, planning, and sustainability, Sophie's approach provides a solid foundation for realizing her clients' dream interiors.
For this project, she was approached by a young couple with three children who had purchased a split-level house in a cozy neighborhood in Mortsel. Although the house had already been thoroughly renovated, the first floor had not yet received any attention. There was a need for a new kitchen, living room, and play area for the children. The young family longed for an interior that stood out from conventional designs, something unique with industrial elements.
Since the family wanted to go for an industrial and original look, Sophie saw the perfect opportunity to integrate Cosentino's Dekton Umber into the project. She had been eyeing the steel from the Kraftizen collection for some time because of its special look and pronounced color. From the very first design, she combined Umber with a laminate that looked like stainless steel. The couple immediately fell in love with this combination, and it proved to be an ideal match between the micro-concrete texture of the Cosentino slab and the streaks in the steel.
To fully extend the original concept of the interior into the design, Sophie wanted to move away from the classic rectangular kitchen island. Although she found it an exciting suggestion herself, Sophie proposed a hexagonal monoblock design. She then began to work out the design technically, carefully examining how the island's worktop could be seamlessly cut from a single Dekton slab measuring 320 by 144 cm, so that no visible grooves were necessary. This idea was enthusiastically embraced by the clients, especially in combination with the colors and materials.
However, when it proved unfeasible to get the worktop as a whole up to the first floor, Sophie worked with the stonemason Gramaco and carpenter Homescape to see how they could still realize this unique project and decided to experiment with the placement of the seams instead of the usual seams that run straight across the surface. The result was that Sophie opted for carefully placed, asymmetrical seams across the entire worktop, making them more of an intentional design detail than a necessary evil.