Kengo Kuma: Salvatori / 39

For Milan Design Week, the Japanese architect turns his hand to a precious collection of bathroom sanitary fittings, made almost entirely of marble.

Kengo Kuma

“I wanted to maximise the inherent qualities of marble. Immersion in the hot water contained in a stone brings instant comfort to human beings”, says Kuma.

Kengo Kuma
Kengo Kuma, view of the exhibition

 “I wanted to maximise the inherent qualities of marble. Immersion in the hot water contained in a stone brings instant comfort to human beings”, says Kuma. The Ishiburo collection – bath, basin and wall-shower – is shown at the space in via Solferino 11 against an attractive background of light and shade and water flows that appear and disappear.

This is the Japanese architect’s first venture into design, but he has always been fascinated by stones and is a connoisseur of particular varieties such as the Crema d’Orcia chosen for this first project of his.

 

Kengo Kuma
Kengo Kuma, view of the exhibition

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