TERRA

Earth, waters, forests, mountains.
존재의 침묵은 아름답습니다. 사용성과 기능성으로 표현되는 인공적 창조물과 대비되는 자연 그대로의 힘.
기교를 허용하지 않는 엄격한 수직의 구조물은 몇 백년 어쩌면 수 만년 깊이의 비밀을 간직한 소재로 더욱 신비로워 집니다.

project terra kitchen. the earth, its waters, its forests, its mountains are extraordinarily beautiful in its being, in its naked and silent presence. contrary to everyday artefacts where the use and function are predominant, the earth is what it is, regardless of who we are, what we do and the functions we give it. in thinking about the terra kitchen i imagined an object that, as regards usefulness and function manifests itself with the same force of nature: solid, timeless, abstract. i expressed the immense value of the earth with a strict geometrical shape and natural materials - porphyry and cedar. cooking on a porphyry worktop dated twentyeight million years makes me feel simultaneously reverent and fortunate. the juxtaposition at 45° between the worktops and fronts, together with the small vertical and horizontal profiles, determine a surface characterized by the presence of regular and cadenced geometries. also the tall units are identified by the same module.