LOCATION
Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia
YEAR
2026
CATEGORY
Showroom
SCALE
320 m²
STATUS
Concept Design, Interior Architecture, Facade Design, Spatial Narrative
TEAM
Yunus Emre Kara
Sinemis Sarıgül Kara
Begüm Öncül Onurlu
Kitchen Atelier is a luxury kitchen showroom designed as a sequence of curated environments rather than a conventional retail floor. Located in Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia, the 320 m² space was conceived to allow each kitchen configuration to inhabit its own distinct spatial and material world — allowing visitors to move between atmospheres as much as between products.
The facade reads as a controlled composition of dark stone, recessed glazing, and precision lighting — a building that reveals its warmth only from within. Inside, the ceiling language of slatted timber runs as a continuous datum across zones, creating coherence while each display area asserts its own material character:
Dramatic black marble with Ebony cabinetry; creamy lacquer against brushed steel; raw walnut paired with a monolithic island.
The auxiliary spaces — restrooms and service corridors — are treated with equal rigour. Custom tile arrangements in terracotta and sage green tones, terrazzo flooring, and carefully choreographed point lighting ensure that the experiential quality is never interrupted.
The project operates at the intersection of retail design and hospitality sensibility: an environment that slows the visitor down, invites comparison, and ultimately fosters decision — not through abundance, but through considered restraint.