A new island kitchen, born from the collaboration between the designer Nevio Tellatin and the architect Anita Brotto

From the collaboration with the designer Nevio Tellatin and the architect Anita Brotto, the new creation Tai_O of Key Cucine.

The literal meaning of Tai_O is“big inlet”, a fishing town, partly located on an island on the western side of Hong Kong.

Like the city from which it takes its name, the new kitchen develops starting from an island, enclosed and protected by wooden modules around which the equipped columns and the boiserie with refined combinations.

The L-shaped plan of this island is designed to separate the living area from the work surface and is composed of two new wooden elements that face outwards: an architectural counter which appears as an exhibition case, a frame that can be customized, and a system of suspended doors, which hide on the opposite side a further storage space and lighting, designed to optimize work in the kitchen.

Both of these elements are made of thousand-year-old fossil oak, with a particular dark color given by the oxidation of the wood.

The opposite side instead encloses (or reveals from the inside) an element covered in metal and painted with "soft biotite" effect - a particular painting treatment which involves a subsequent satin finish - and a block in Cluzetto marble, a particular limestone with a light gray background and characterized by the presence of fossil texture.

The mastery of Key Cucine is revealed not only in the choice of unique and precious materials, but also in the details of the workmanship: the marble joints between the top and the front doors are almost invisible, the marble sink set in the top, the doors of the equipped columns and the ribbed boiserie in solid wood.

On the cover: Overall view of Tai_O, where the delicate aesthetic play of the island is highlighted, composed of the two particular wooden elements, the architectural counter and the system of suspended doors, made of millenary fossil oak, which separate the living area from the work area. The particular dark color of the wood is due to a natural oxidation process