Four places to share.
The island includes counter seating toward the entrance. The seats form a continuous front and let the cook remain part of the conversation.
Monterrey, Nuevo León
Nexo Kitchen
Collaborative project · Gintarini
Editorial name · Monterrey · Gintarini collaboration
THE IDEA
Gathering takes center stage.
DESIGN FOCUS
Giving a generously equipped kitchen a social center, with appliances organized around the perimeter.
A dark island and four seats bring the kitchen's social life together. Tall cabinetry makes use of the walls, interrupted by illuminated niches. Four suspended lights trace a free line above the counter, facing a small view of greenery.
- Project status
- Design developed during the collaboration with Gintarini. According to Francisco Serrano Hess, construction took place after his departure; this page presents the design and does not document the final built result.
- Role
- Participation in kitchen design during his time at Gintarini.
- Credits
- Collaborative design: Francisco Serrano Hess during his time at Gintarini. Design images supplied by Francisco. New illustrations and retrospective studies created for this portfolio.
THE SPACES / 01 VIEWS
A closer look at the details.
The design shared by Francisco Serrano Hess and its new visual interpretations. The source of each image is identified. Open an image to browse the gallery.
MATERIAL / THE DESIGN
See it.
Feel it.
Taupe fronts
Continuous floor-to-ceiling modules.
Dark surfaces
Stone-like island and backsplash.
Timber and weaving
Woven-back seats in natural tones.
An equipped perimeter.
The joinery groups cabinets, drawers and appliances along the sides. Tall modules reduce visual fragmentation across the walls.
Layers of light.
Niches, counters and pendants are lit independently in the visualization. Lighting reveals the depth of the dark fronts.
THE SKETCHBOOK / DRAWINGS AND PROCESS
What lies
behind the drawing.
A contemporary reading of the arrangement and volumes visible in the rendering. These diagrams were reconstructed for the portfolio; they are not the project's original drawings.
Nexo Kitchen · organization and volume
Interpretive plan and axonometric, created for this portfolio from the rendering. These are not original construction drawings.
Retrospective study · not to scale, no dimensionsYour project can start here.
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