The wall set aside for the kitchen is a puzzle of Rietveldian lines, a series of irregular portions of steel, veneered panels or Cor-ten that conceal storage spaces, objects and appliances, suggesting an ideal urban projection of the silhouette of the surrounding rooftops, reflected by the windows. In front of this wall, the lower island block for food preparation takes on the terse, rigorous image of a stainless steel monolith, with a length of nearly six meters. At the other end of the open space wall paneling appears, forming the backdrop of the dining area and its ‘luminous machine.’
Here the pace changes, and the extroverted dimension of the shared space gives way to more intimate levels of circulation and communication. Across a flush-mounted door built into the paneling, one reaches the studio-library, a den-like space that leads to the master suite, the most private zone of the house. After a second door set into the wooden backdrop of the dining zone, the service spaces, bathrooms and corridor to a secondary entrance are concealed from view at the back. Along this pathway, the layout reconnects to the patio of the main entrance.