The first space of the showroom is also its quiet centre — a kitchen that shows how little a room needs when the structure is right.

Natural oak fronts run along the working wall, meeting tall units in black oak that absorb ovens, refrigeration and storage. Between them stands the travertine island, cut from a single slab family so the veining travels unbroken over the waterfall ends. Nothing here is applied decoration: every line you see is a junction doing its job.

Daylight is the room's second material. We placed the island so the morning sun rakes across the honed stone, and kept the palette to three notes — oak, travertine, black oak — so the light can do the composing. This is the SYMATTI grid at its most restrained.