廚房形式，由生活塑成
人們生活的物質世界，一方面透過已知事物歸納準則，另一方面也在未知之處構築新的想像。每日睜開雙眼，眼前的一切隨著牆體的延伸、以垂直與水平線條的切分逐一展開，人也隨之進入洗漱、更衣的日常秩序。傳統空間往往由固定機能組成：一座櫃體、一道檯面，遂定義出器物擺放的位置與使用範疇；然而，與此相對的是，那些不可見、仍可被挪移的界線，反而更深刻地側寫出屋主的性格喜好與生活樣貌。
We make sense of the material world we inhabit partly by drawing principles from what we know, and partly by imagining new possibilities in what remains unknown. Each morning, the space before us unfolds through the run of its walls and the vertical and horizontal lines that divide it, drawing us into the familiar routines of washing and dressing. Conventional interiors are often organised around fixed functions: a cabinet and a worktop determine where objects belong and how they are used. Yet the less visible boundaries, those still open to change, often reveal more about a homeowner’s temperament, preferences and way of life.
設計的珍貴之處，恰恰是對既定概念的重新思考。
The value of design lies in reconsidering what has long been taken for granted.
設計的珍貴之處，恰恰是對既定概念的重新思考，例如：一座脫離牆面、檯面下保持開放的工作檯，褪去流理檯的固定限制，更像一張真正的桌子，可以承載不同形式的用途；分別用來收納電器與烹飪器具的兩座櫃體，如工具箱開闔自如，既能隨時退場於視線之外，也能依空間條件靈活配置。如此，既是廚具，也像家具，從而鬆動了廚房的邊界與定義。從這個角度而言，bulthaup b2 恰好呼應了差異哲學的觀點：德勒茲認為，事物不具備「同一性」本質，也並非固定不變的存在（Being），而是成為（Becoming）的過程。也因此，若說「廚房」有一個放諸四海皆準的理型，不如說，它是在具有差異化的生活方式中，持續生成的概念。
The value of design lies in reconsidering what has long been taken for granted. A workbench detached from the wall and open below breaks with the fixed logic of the fitted kitchen. More like a table, it can support a range of uses. The kitchen tool cabinet and kitchen appliance cabinet work like tool chests: when opened, they reveal their contents; when closed, they conceal them from view. Both can be configured to suit the room. Together, the three elements function as kitchen equipment yet read more like furniture, loosening the conventional boundaries of what a kitchen can be. In this light, bulthaup b2 can be read alongside Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy of difference. For Deleuze, identity is not the fixed ground against which difference is defined; it is itself produced through relations of difference. What appears stable is therefore provisional and remains open to becoming. The kitchen, then, need not conform to a universal model. It is better understood as a concept that continues to take shape through different ways of living.
服務的起點，源於理念的共鳴
Service Begins with Common Ground
走進楠弘全台展間，觀察同一套廚房系統差異化陳設的場景敘事中，也能窺見相似的哲學。超過四十五年的代理經驗，熟稔拿捏德國工藝理性與居家感性之間平衡的藝術，亦深諳制式化廚房無法概括每位客戶的真實需求，於是便從屋主分享料理習慣、收納需求與日常節律等描述的輪廓中，再從中梳理步驟、重整動線。這種將繁瑣的工序轉譯為美學邏輯的思考，十分契合 bulthaup 的核心設計能力。由奧地利設計團隊 EOOS 設計，於 2008 年米蘭展正式發表的 b2 系列，自 16 世紀教宗廚房汲取「工作坊」靈感，將來自不同地域的烹飪文化和器具使用經驗，化約為極度精煉的相應配置，展現高度空間經濟性，並透過對洗滌、備料、烹調與器具取用等基本動作的洞察，將廚房分別提煉成獨立式工作檯、工具櫃與家電櫃三個單元，精準定義收納容量與操作尺度。
Across Lafon Group’s showrooms in Taiwan, the same b2 system appears in different configurations, each giving rise to a distinct domestic scene while retaining the same underlying design logic. Drawing on more than 45 years of experience representing European design brands, Lafon has developed a nuanced understanding of how the rigour of German craftsmanship can meet the sensibilities of life at home. Lafon also recognises that no standard kitchen scheme can account for every client’s actual needs. Planning begins with each homeowner’s cooking habits, storage needs and daily rhythms. From there, Lafon maps the workflow and reorganises circulation. Translating these everyday routines into a coherent spatial order closely reflects bulthaup’s own design approach. Designed by Austrian studio EOOS and launched in 2008, bulthaup b2 distils the kitchen workshop into three elements: the workbench, the kitchen tool cabinet and the kitchen appliance cabinet. Its development drew on the workshop archetype and on research into a sixteenth-century papal kitchen. Regional culinary traditions and practical experience with utensils informed a compact, highly refined configuration with notable economy of space. By examining the basic acts of washing, preparing food, cooking and reaching for utensils, EOOS calibrated storage capacity and working dimensions with precision.
這些難以一眼覺察的設計邏輯，在居家情境中潛移默化地重新鋪排起居韻律。在實際使用中，楠弘始終樂於陪伴客戶探索，並啟發使用靈感：同一座工具櫃，有人儲存異國香料，也有人存放酒器與料理書籍；可排列組合的工作檯，能與傳統廚房靈活搭配，釋放單一的料理動線，形成雙重奏般的配合默契。楠弘的角色，並不仰賴制式樣板得到標準答案，藉由傾聽、理解為客戶創造更多可能，且使空間回應每種生活方式對理想日常的想像。
Much of this design logic is not immediately apparent, yet in the home it quietly reshapes the rhythm of daily life. Lafon works alongside clients to explore how the system might serve them and to suggest new ways of using it. The same kitchen tool cabinet may hold spices from around the world in one home, and barware and cookbooks in another. The configurable workbench can sit alongside a conventional fitted kitchen, opening up what would otherwise be a single linear workflow; together, the two operate almost like a duet. Lafon’s role is not to impose a predetermined solution through a standard template. By listening closely and seeking to understand, Lafon creates room for possibility, allowing the space to respond to each household’s own vision of daily life.
忠於生活本質的尺度
A Measure Attuned to the Way We Live
在長期客戶服務的迴響中，楠弘察覺，當人生進入不同階段，或喜迎新成員，或喬遷新居，人們所期待的：往往不只於一座能貼合當下空間條件的廚房， 而是可以持續優化日常效率並回應使用習慣的柔性尺度。如何能把握對客戶全面的深刻理解，是依靠鉅細靡遺的溝通，長年不懈的服務，才砌築出穩健的品牌城牆。這份信任，同時來自楠弘對「總代理」這個身分的嚴苛要求與自省。
Years of working with clients have shown Lafon how needs shift with each stage of life. Welcoming a new family member or moving into a new home calls for more than a kitchen tailored to present spatial conditions. People seek an adaptable framework that can make daily routines more efficient while responding to habits as they evolve. That depth of understanding depends on meticulous dialogue and service sustained over time. The trust built through this process is inseparable from the rigour and self-reflection with which Lafon approaches its role as bulthaup’s exclusive distributor in Taiwan.
半個世紀以前，bulthaup 便以近乎建築的整體構思，促成廚房設計的歷史性變革。如今，楠弘亦專心致志地耕耘，將品牌的德國工藝、設計方法與服務標準，落實於台灣的居住情境，讓自由的生活型態在這座島嶼上展開各自的日常。當人們的雙手如彈奏琴鍵般滑過排列分明的工具陳列，抑或是於起居場域中將 b2 優雅隱入背景，轉化為私人獨享的深夜食堂，廚房的可能性便在日常差異中持續演化，成為對生活本質的雋永回聲。
For nearly half a century, bulthaup has brought an architectural way of thinking to the kitchen, reframing the relationship between kitchen design and human behaviour. Today, Lafon brings the brand’s German craftsmanship, design methods and service standards into homes across Taiwan, allowing different ways of living to unfold on their own terms. Hands move among neatly arranged utensils with the fluency of a pianist at the keys. The b2 system can recede quietly into the background of the living space or become an intimate setting for late-night cooking. Through these everyday variations, the kitchen continues to take shape, an enduring echo of how we live.
