Patricia Urquiola Designed for New Showcase Laufen Bathrooms in Madrid. Entering the cohort of the most famous, titled and versatile subject designers of our time Maria Patricia Cristina Blanca Hidalgo Urquiola is a famous architect.

Designer and architect Patricia Urquiola.

Her portfolio includes works for Mandarin Oriental Hotels, W Hotels and others. The space of the Laufen showroom was arranged by Urquiola in such a way that the author’s collections of the brand created by Louis and Roberto Palomba, Toan Nguyen, Konstantin Grcic and Andreas Dimitriadis looked great.

The lobby, where the bathtubs from the Ino collection are located, is the composite center of space: doorways lead from it to other rooms.

The Swiss factory Laufen maintains high standards of quality in their home country, experiments with materials and follows design trends. Laufen is part of the strongest holding Roca Group, which has offices in 135 countries. The brand globally supports architects and designers in their pursuit of a unique creative vision.

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Collections Ino and Val. All series are exhibited as elements of a residential interior.

In the meeting room, you can get acquainted with the library of materials with an indication of technical characteristics .. All rooms are decorated with frames made of cast iron, the corners of which are plated in gold. The main staircase leads to a spectacular, symmetrically organized lobby, where guests can see two baths from the Ino collection placed on a marble pedestal. Collections Ino and Val. A collection of shells from the brand Laufen is gathered in the modeling room. Architects and designers can easily remove them from the mount to assess the quality of products. Palomba Collection. The combination of clear and at the same time sensual lines gives the Palomba Collection a special appeal. Серия Kartell by Laufen. The new showroom is located in a historic building - a beautiful villa of the early 1900s in one of the elite districts of Madrid.

New showroom with a total area of ​​about 200 square meters located in a historic building of the 1900s. Arranged on two floors, the exhibition is exclusively for professionals - architects and designers..

In the lobby on the marble pedestal there are two Ino baths.

Patricia Urquiola fully met the expectations and took into account all the preferences of Laufen Bathrooms: her extraordinary approach made it possible to create a place to get a living experience., characterized by informal setting. New showroom is a kind of research center, where technologists and architects can meet and work together.

Marble and onyx are used in the decoration of the space where the Kartell by Laufen series is located. The room dedicated to the Val and Ino series has a lively, cozy atmosphere. The color range and materials are selected taking into account the exclusive materials used in the design of bathrooms. Sinks from the Kartell series by Laufen.

Oval bath from the Val collection, diz. Konstantin Grcic, looks elegant and weightless. Advanced composite Sentec allowed to achieve a minimum wall thickness.

«The idea was to create a space with wide functionality.: we designed exhibition area of ​​a new type, where people can also work, - says Patricia Urquiola. — The elegant, discreet interior is decorated in exquisite materials. such like marble and onyx, glass, resin and oak: I was inspired by the finishing, who choose to design designer bathrooms». Patricia Urquiola’s endowment and the similarity of her own views with the philosophy of Laufen became the key to successful project implementation.

On the first floor, a significant area is allotted to the series Kartell by Laufen (diz. Louis and Roberto Palomba). The room is decorated with the elegance and severity characteristic of Patricia Urquiola, with a special emphasis on the combination of marble and onyx.

«Working with people of creative professions of the highest level from around the world opens up new perspectives for our company.. We learned a lot from the dialogue with Patricia Urquiola. The results of the work on the new exhibition hall reflect the continuous development of our business and brand. ”, — Mark Mark Viardot, Laufen Marketing and Product Director.

From left to right: Alberto Magrans (CEO of Laufen), Marc Viardot (Director of Marketing and Products), designer Patricia Urquiola, Ignazio Garcia (Director of Laufen Spain).