Principia

For this new project by Antonio Citterio, Arclinea starts with the essence of wood, with the basic principles of the kitchen, reimagined: new steel technology and natural wood cutting resulting in a new door style. The extraordinary result is something absolutely original: a new direction for interior design, a new direction for kitchen furnishings, through unprecedented combinations of materials and colours.
Shown here, Principia combines a grained wood with a “rough” finish and stainless steel in the innovative colours generated with the PVD (Physical Vapour Deposition) technological process. Natural materials, innovative production technologies, and artisan details dialogue with each other and contribute to the evolution of work zones. The resulting new units, dressers, and dedicated storage elements are then incorporated together to create a new kitchen with tremendous texture.
PRINCIPIA, CONVIVIUM
A modern kitchen that preserves all the pleasures of tradition, reworked with an aesthetic approach and a contemporary vision. This, in brief, is the warm Principia kitchen, characterized by the framed wooden door. A deliberate style choice teamed with technical finishes such as the black PVD steel on the island doors and the Double Shelf, and polished Nero Assoluto granite worktops with recess in the work areas, and glass wall unit doors. An Arclinea kitchen with an original layout, with a central island with Era snack bar top, and work area with accessorized back panel, glass-fronted wall units and tall elevation for storage and technical equipment.
1. Fridge 2. Food Preparation 3. Sink 4. Cooktop 5. Oven 6. Waste bin 7. Dishwasher 8. Tall units
–.–.–. Washing cycle
……… Food Preparation cycle
The Convivium island, Convivium Elegant door in black PVD steel with built-in Era snack bar in NTF fossil oak, complete with glass splash guard, footrest in steel and wood and double shelf in black PVD, concentrates the functions of eating and washing up. Alongside it, the zone fitted out for preparation and cooking, with deep drawer base units and tall units with Principia door, Principia integrated handle in black PVD, generous 6 cm thick worktop in Nero Assoluto granite with drip guard. The exclusive Arclinea, Mensolinea Shelf and Mensoluce Shelf run the length of the backsplash between the base and 60 cm tall wall units in wired Stopsol glass, for everyday efficiency with everything visible and within reach.


Dedicated lighting provides optimum working conditions in the kitchen. Indirect 3000K LED lighting inside the Principia tall units; dedicated lighting on the Double Shelf in black PVD on the island, and over the worktop the Mensoluce Shelf in black anodized aluminum.
In the Convivium work island with Convivium Elegant door in black PVD steel, internal drawers with side panels in stainless steel and drawer fronts in teak, are fitted with Box Globe accessories. The food preparation and washing zone has an 8 cm thick worktop in polished Nero Assoluto granite, induction hob, undertop sink in black PVD, worktop waste bin and sliding grids in PaperStone®, which become a useful, flexible additional worktop. The deep drawer base units Principia door in NTF fossil oak and Principia integrated handle in black PVD are fitted with waste bin, internal drawers and Box Globe accessories.


PRINCIPIA + ERA PENINSULA TABLE
Cozy, warm, and innovative, this Principia kitchen features fossil oak wood. The central work area has base units with doors in wood and handle detail in black PVD steel, worktop with drip guard in very thick Idra Brown unpolished marble housing sink in Gun Metal steel, induction hob, worktop waste bin, sliding grids in PaperStone® and wooden chopping boards. Above the worktops, the open wall units in wood and exclusive Arclinea Lighting Shelf and Mensolinea shelf play important functional roles: from focused illumination to fume extraction, through to orderly storage of small everyday objects, thanks to their sliding accessories in wood and ceramic. On the right, the straight wall of tall units houses the refrigerators, ovens and, in the corner, the WIC, the ‘Walk in Closet’ unit with internal wooden finish and motion sensor lighting. On the left, the big Era peninsula dinner table, perfect for socializing, with edges in shaped solid wood.
1. Fridge 2. Food Preparation 3. Sink 4. Cooktop 5. Oven 6. Waste bin 7. Dishwasher 8. Tall units
–.–.–. Washing cycle
……… Food Preparation cycle
DETAIL OF PRINCIPIA DOOR
Detail of Principia door in fossil oak with insert in black PVD steel, worktop with drip guard in 20 cm thick Idra Brown marble.
ACCESSORISED WALL
Accessorized wall with Mensoluce lighting shelf and Mensolinea shelf in black anodised aluminum, accessories in wood and ceramic, open wall units with built-in lighting.
PRINCIPIA DOOR
Lacquer available in 34 colours
Wood available in 3 colours
Integrated handle in stainless steel or PVD steel Nero, Bronzo, Champagne.