konstantinos gournas turns reclaimed marble sink into a mobile wash station

reclaimed marble and stainless steel turn a fixed domestic sink into a mobile wash station.

MGCP edited by Iñaki Laguardia August 20, 2026 3 min

A SINK LEAVES THE WALL

Greek designer Konstantinos Gournas reconsiders one of the home’s most static fixtures with WS | Wash Station, a mobile structure built around a reclaimed marble sink. Removed from its original setting, the basin is preserved with its existing marks, patina and traces of use intact, allowing its former life to remain visibly present rather than being polished away.

A new stainless-steel frame gives the heavy marble element an unexpected degree of freedom. Mounted on wheels, the sink becomes an autonomous water station that can shift between rooms, uses and spatial configurations. What was once designed to stay exactly where it was installed can now simply roll elsewhere.

mgcp transforms a reclaimed marble sink into ws wash station 4 — images courtesy of Konstantinos Gournas

REUSE AS A DESIGN TOOL, NOT A FINISHING TOUCH

Rather than approaching reuse as a process of restoration, Gournas treats the existing object as the starting point for a new design language. The sink is neither returned to an imagined original condition nor disguised within a completely new object. Instead, its age remains legible while a contemporary structure introduces another layer of function.

This contrast becomes central to the project. The mineral weight, irregularities and accumulated history of the marble meet the precision and reflective surface of stainless steel, bringing two very different material timelines together. The intervention is deliberately economical: enough is added to change how the object behaves, but not enough to make it forget what it was.

mgcp transforms a reclaimed marble sink into ws wash station 1 — the mobile wash station pairs marble and stainless steel

DOMESTIC INFRASTRUCTURE GETS MOBILE

By turning plumbing-adjacent furniture into something movable, WS | Wash Station quietly questions the permanence built into conventional domestic interiors. Kitchens, bathrooms and utility spaces are typically organized around fixed services and predetermined functions; here, one of those familiar components is detached from its architectural position and recast as an independent object.

Water, movement, memory and everyday use consequently meet within a compact piece of mobile infrastructure. The project does not propose that every sink suddenly needs wheels, but it does suggest that even the most ordinary domestic elements can be reconsidered when permanence is no longer taken for granted.

mgcp transforms a reclaimed marble sink into ws wash station 3 — the wash station is designed to move between different spaces

mgcp transforms a reclaimed marble sink into ws wash station 2 — stainless steel framing gives the sink a new structure

mgcp transforms a reclaimed marble sink into ws wash station 5 — the project transforms a fixed fixture into a movable object

MGCP transforms a reclaimed marble sink into WS _ Wash Station — existing marks and patina remain visible on the marble

mgcp transforms a reclaimed marble sink into ws wash station 6 — a reclaimed marble sink forms the core of the design

mgcp transforms a reclaimed marble sink into ws wash station 7 — reclaimed marble meets a contemporary steel frame

mgcp transforms a reclaimed marble sink into ws wash station 8 — the original sink is preserved rather than restored

project info:

name: WS | Wash Station
designer: Konstantinos Gournas

location: Greece

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