After plying his trade in the gulf, construction engineer Lawrie Crasto decides to explore his creative side and ended up making state-of-the-art bespoke kitchens for high-profile clients in Goa
By Michael Fisher | B&C
Innovace Creations is probably Goa’s only research and design company that manufactures classic kitchen sets and household furnishings. It offers a complete range of Corian solid surfaces material and Corian workmanship ranging from new buildings to work-in-progress or a complete renovation.
Kitchen Innovace provides customers with state-of-the-art modern kitchens that also incorporate Hettich fittings from Germany.
“We keep up with the latest trends in modular kitchens and strive to deliver more than expected, while fulfilling the industry needs with technology and innovations, through a professional approach,” says engineer and proprietor Lawrie A Crasto.
He says the reason to tie up with Hettich and DuPont Corian solid surfaces was that the two companies do a lot of research and development prior to bringing out the product in the market, which means they can give guaranteed products to the end user and in-turn spend a lot less time on maintenance and more time on giving quality custom-made kitchens and services.
A must see 4’x4’collapsible compact kitchen prototype has been designed and executed made entirely of DuPont solid surfaces which can be used in a studio apartment where space is limited, it is so innovatively designed that it accommodates a sink, an induction cooker, refrigerator, waste bin, cutlery tray, working space and additional storage space as well. The best feature of this kitchen is its total washable inside as well as outside with soap, water and even rebuffed to keep it clean forever.
DuPont Corian is respected by worldwide known designers. It can be used to create, countertops, wall claddings, furniture, lighting and many other applications. Corian is a hygiene (food grade), durable, seamless, material that can transform any space through endless possibilities, and can be crafted into almost anything, It offers the freedom to design, explore and create. Corian has a 3D formability that has been liberating inventive and artistic minds of architects and interior designers.
Having a world class product like DuPont Corian, to exploit and bring out the best in DuPont Corian, he has invested in a robust and state of the art CNC routing machine which can cut in 2D and 3D engraving on material such as wood, plywood, MDF, ACP(Aluminum composite panels), acrylic and Corian solid surfaces. Having undergone training himself, he can provide the end user – architects, engineers and interior designers – a one stop creative solutions and on-time delivery.
His list of ever-increasing clientele to name a few are Casino Deltin Jack, Deltin Royale, Radisson Blu, Kenilworth Resort, Novotel and Grand Mercure Hotel, Ravindra Bhavan- Vasco, TBZ Jewellery showroom, The Park Hotel, Country Inn and Suites, Manipal Hospitals, Ramada Resort and numerous other residential projects.
Crasto did his Diploma in Construction Engineering from Fr Agnel Polytechnic, Verna – Goa and passed out in 1987. He has since then worked with engineers and architects in Doha, Qatar till as recently as 2002. It was his passion for creativity that led him to start Innovace Creations, which mainly services customers’ needs for Corian solid surfaces. His obsession with finely crafted custom kitchens led him to establish his second brand, Kitchen Innovace, to cater to his growing clientele’s needs.
Lawrie’s technical knowledge, experience, overseas exposure and overall leadership in the organization, coupled with his let’s-try and attention-to-detail attitude, has seen the company grow by leaps and bounds with every passing year. Innovace Creations believe these very qualities will tremendously encourage them in achieving even bigger goals.