Design as a driver of agility, stability, sustainability and innovation potential has a central role to play. “Not acting is no longer an option” is the Berlin Design Week 2023 statement.

Valcucine “acts” in the kitchen industry since 1980. For more than forty years now, Valcucine has been looking for a responsible development model capable of giving rise to the creation of projects, intuitions and solutions which – with a view to ongoing improvement while respecting man and the environment– have revolutionised kitchen conventions, to the extent of becoming truly groundbreaking. A fine brand that stands for excellence in terms of innovation, sustainability, wellbeing and timelessness.


h. 19.00 Sergei Tchoban talk “Climate-friendly and ecological construction”

After the talk, Valcucine will present the new catalogue “Ecosophìa”. Ecoas in eco-sustainable, Sophìa as in knowledge. A reflection on how Valcucine imagines the present and the future of architecture and kitchen design in relation with the sustainability and innovation values that have always been an integral part of the corporate identity.

Sergei Tchoban is an internationally active German architect. He is managing partner of Tchoban Voss Architekten and head of the Berlin office. In 2009, the Tchoban Foundation was established, which is based in the Museum for Architectural Drawing built for this purpose in 2013. Numerous residential and office buildings, hotels, cultural buildings and revitalisation projects have been created according to his designs and plans, including EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin, Germany’s largest office ensemble in sustainable timber hybrid construction, the Berlin Apple store Rosenthaler Strasse, as well as the revitalisation of the Ernst-Reuter-Platz 6 office building and numerous buildings as part of the master planning for Berlin’s Osthafen.