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Sub Zero Bakke Center - The Living Kitchen
Sub Zero Bakke Center - The Living Kitchen
Madison, WI, United States
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Sub Zero Bakke Center - The Living Kitchen
Madison, WI, United States
Firm
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2022
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
BUDGET
Undisclosed
Found in the world’s most luxurious homes, the Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove brands are synonymous with iconic design and incomparable performance. Twenty years after the Madison-based appliance company’s first Living Kitchen opened in its Bakke Center headquarters, the showpiece space no longer represented the brands’ products or reputation for excellence.
A renovation of the Bakke Center Living Kitchen transformed a dated and dark showroom. A luxurious finish palette and reconfigured layout both integrate and highlight the company’s products. Designed to inspire, the space is both a training tool and a prototype for other living kitchens in showrooms across the country.
The space was reorganized to create clean sightlines into and through the showroom. Two narrow entries were replaced by a single opening. Instead of island-heavy displays arranged at angles throughout the space, obscuring views and blocking flow, vignettes with integrated appliances grouped by product line are now arranged in groupings at the front of the showroom. At the back, appliances are arranged side-by-side to allow shoppers to compare features.
The vignette placed at the space’s opening is figuratively central to the design concept and literally central to the overall layout. A large custom-fabricated island doubles as an art piece. Each stone slab that makes up the island’s folded planes was hand-picked and positioned first using augmented reality design tools and then again during the final installation. Each of the stone faces was mitered on-site during assembly.
The simplified palette complements the company’s three product lines: contemporary, transitional, and professional.
A renovation of the Bakke Center Living Kitchen transformed a dated and dark showroom. A luxurious finish palette and reconfigured layout both integrate and highlight the company’s products. Designed to inspire, the space is both a training tool and a prototype for other living kitchens in showrooms across the country.
The space was reorganized to create clean sightlines into and through the showroom. Two narrow entries were replaced by a single opening. Instead of island-heavy displays arranged at angles throughout the space, obscuring views and blocking flow, vignettes with integrated appliances grouped by product line are now arranged in groupings at the front of the showroom. At the back, appliances are arranged side-by-side to allow shoppers to compare features.
The vignette placed at the space’s opening is figuratively central to the design concept and literally central to the overall layout. A large custom-fabricated island doubles as an art piece. Each stone slab that makes up the island’s folded planes was hand-picked and positioned first using augmented reality design tools and then again during the final installation. Each of the stone faces was mitered on-site during assembly.
The simplified palette complements the company’s three product lines: contemporary, transitional, and professional.
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