Valcucine kitchens involved in a project can contribute toward satisfying LEED v4.1 credits, as long as they conform with the requirements.
Architect Egidio Panzera designed a private residence at the Bosco Verticale in Milan, in which the selected materials reflect communication between the interior and exterior. As the trees characterize the shell of the skyscraper designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti, with Gianandrea Barreca and Giovanni La Varra, so also the fossil branches and leaves trapped in the forest marble exemplify the exterior-interior connection. To furnish the kitchen of this residence, the architect collaborated with Valcucine on an Artematica linear composition, designed by Gabriele Centazzo, among the most iconic of the company, that has been in production since 1988 and has been continuously updated.
The kitchen facade is made entirely of glass, a precious, resistant and eco-friendly material. The choice of a matte finish and soft color shades, playing with earthy and whitish tones, creates a mellow mood in syntony with the other areas of the house. The handleless solution enhances the clean, uncluttered lines of the design, setting off the finish of the cabinets thanks to uninterrupted front surfaces. The choice of using aluminum for grips and profiles enhances the technical side of the kitchen. The equipped walls create perspective lines that highlight the large, full-height window that offers a glimpse of the outdoors.
The idea to “hide and reveal”, a staple of Egidio Panzera’s work, reflects on the choice to place a kitchen in a niche and complete it with the Special Element New Logica System, an expression of Valcucine’s technical research. A top lift-up door and downward sliding bottom door open and close to reveal and hide, as desired, all of the back panel equipment, a patented element that can be set up as needed, with the option to accommodate the hood as well. With opened doors, everything is ready to be used in the most practical and effective way. Conversely, with closed doors, everything is hidden, restoring order in an instant. Apart from giving maximum functionality in the kitchen department, New Logica System creates an evocative scenario offering amazing and unexpected entertainment for guests.
The Artematica kitchen introduced by Valcucine fits perfectly in the main architecture of a mansion characterized by furnishings that integrate into the walls, giving shape to the space, or hiding, as in the case of the rooms, unexpected spaces. It’s an approach supported by Valcucine, always committed to research that aims to re-think and re-imagine ergonomics.
Technical Sheet: Information on LEED
VALCUCINE MATRIX OF CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS LEED V4.1
References: LEED BD+C v4.1 & LEED ID+C v4.1
LEED BD+C v4.1 Reference Guide for Green Building Design and Construction – valid for new construction, major renovation, core & shell, schools, retail, hospitality, data centers, and healthcare.
LEED ID+C v4.1 Reference Guide for Green Interior Design and Construction – valid for commercial interiors, retail, and hospitality.
Valcucine kitchens involved in a project can contribute toward satisfying LEED v4.1 credits, as long as they conform with the requirements.
Materials for Artematica include glass (available in: various sandstones, various marbles, stainless steel, various precious metals, Tactile Elm, Carnic Tactile Elm, Slate Tactile Oak, Burnished Tactile Oak and Tactile Walnut). Materials for New Logica include glass and aluminum.
Artematica and New Logica
Our intuition led us to use “pure” (not bonded) materials on the aluminum structure of the Artematica kitchen doors, a move that opened up endless ideas and combinations. From the refined use of glass in every color and finish, to wood that conveys strong tactile sensations, and lacquered surfaces and metal laminates, the Artematica kitchen has been designed down to the last detail to make movements more fluid and more assured, to bring about a softer closure of cabinet doors, and to respect the highest safety standards thanks to rounded corners and edges.
The back panel with magical doors, the New Logica is a special element that offers a number of possible systems. More silent than a floating feather: the upper lift-up doors and the lower sliding doors open and shut gently to reveal all the accessories of the back panel, a patented element that can be equipped to meet the user’s requirements, even to house a cooker hood. The space and the light from the light panel allow for a feeling of lightness, order, and formal cleanliness of the carcass.
New Logica System technical features:
· Maximum length is 360 cm; for greater lengths use two arrangements together.
· Maximum width of each compartment: 120 cm.
· The transparent methacrylate back panel is lit by led lights concealed behind the back panel itself.
· The hood exploits the top door as a fumes conveyor when it is open and disappears completely when the door is shut.
· The hood may have a rear (recommended) or top fumes outlet. In the latter case, the balancing mechanism will be interrupted so that it does not interfere with the flue casing. The worktop must be centered in the compartment where the tap is installed.
· The hob cutout must be situated at a distance of at least 56mm from the rear edge of the top.
· Unless this distance is respected, the heat from the burners may damage the underlying new logica system door.
About Valcucine
For more than forty years, Valcucine has distinguished itself through the design and production of unique, high-end kitchens, revolutionizing industry paradigms and implementing a prestigious production chain, developed near Pordenone, to deliver excellence in terms of sustainability, innovation, and craftsmanship. Valcucine has always been guided by its special ability to find new solutions, enhancing customer experiences from the design of their kitchens, while stimulating architects and end users on ergonomics and smart space exploitation.
“Dreaming of a waste-less world” is the ideal stimulus to create and transmit a new environmental culture and conscience through concrete choices and actions that constantly focus on materials and production processes, on tests to control unhealthy volatile substances and monitor artificial radioactivity and formaldehyde emissions. Valcucine’s collection and bespoke projects are available in more than 50 flagship stores and 350 select, multi-brand stores all over the world. Since 2015, Valcucine has been a member of ItalianCreationGroup, an organization that includes renowned Italian brands Driade, FontanaArte, and Toscoquattro.
