The document discusses various topics related to kitchen design including what constitutes a kitchen, common kitchen styles, and factors to consider for kitchen layouts. It describes the main components of a kitchen as a stove, sink, refrigerator and cabinets. Common kitchen styles mentioned are antique, arts and crafts, contemporary, and modern. The key aspects of kitchen layouts covered are the work triangle, and popular layout types such as single wall, L-shaped, U-shaped, and parallel wall designs. Activity centers and proper ventilation are also highlighted as important kitchen planning considerations.

2. Topics of discussion
What is a Kitchen ?
Kitchen design
Kitchen styles
kitchen design layout
Activity centre’s
Air ventilation system

4. A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and
food preparation.
A stove, a sink with hot and cold running water, a
refrigerator and kitchen cabinets arranged there.
The main function of a kitchen is cooking or preparing food
but it may also be used for dining, food storage,
entertaining, dishwashing.

5. Kitchen design
• Creating a great kitchen is a lot like creating a
great meal.
• use top quality ingredients and execute the
plan carefully and skillfully.
• Don’t start choosing with any materials or
appliances until you have estimated your
entire budget and carefully measured your
space.

6. WORK TRIANGLE

7. Designing Your Kitchen Space
A few things to keep in mind
• 1.Make sure that nothing obstructs the flow of
traffic within the kitchen work triangle.
• 2.When you are designing your kitchen
cabinet, the key word is frontage – the width
of the front of all your units combined.
• 3.You will need at least 125 inches (318 cm) of
frontage for smaller kitchen (less than 150
square feet), large rooms can afford more.

8. Designing Your Kitchen Space
A few things to keep in mind
• 4.Countertops should be 36 inches high.
• 5.Don’t tuck your oven in to a corner, you will
need a bit space on both sides of the open
door to access things on the counter.
• 6.Think about whether you will want a single,
double or even triple basin on a layout, the
number of basins will affect the sink’s overall
size.

9. Types of kitchen styles

10. Antique kitchen
• Antique kitchens have distinctive features that
come from an earlier period in history. Whether an
authentic restoration or a fresh remodel, the
unique character of this style brings a sense of age
and beauty to any traditional home.

11. Antique kitchen

14. Arts and Crafts kitchens
• Arts and Crafts kitchens- are identified by
simple lines and very little excess
ornamentation. earlier period in history.

18. Contemporary kitchen
• Contemporary kitchens tend to be described
as modern, minimalist and geometric . the
characteristics include horizontal lines ,
asymmetry and a lack of ornamentation. a
signature of the traditional kitchen

22. • This style is futuristic looking, using concrete,
stone, metal and glass. High tech comes to
mind when thinking of this type of decor with
lots of open space, bright lighting and square
lines
Modern

23. Modern kitchen

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26. Kitchen design layout

27. WORK TRIANGLE DEFINED
• An invisible triangle formed by the sink, stove
and refrigerator.

28. SEQUENCE FOR KITCHEN LAYOUT
Workplace → sink → workplace →workplace
→ refrigerator

29. RECOMMENDED DISTANCE IN A
WORK TRIANGLE
• Refrigerator to sink 1.2 -2.1 m (4”-7”)
• Sink to stove 1.2- 1.82 m (4”-6”)
• Stove to refrigerator 1.2 -2.74m (4”-9”)
• Sum of total triangle should not exceed 6.6m
(22”)

30. MAIN KITCHEN LAYOUT TYPES
• Single wall/ corridor layout
• U shaped
• L shaped
• Parallel wall

31. SINGLE WALL/ CORRIDOR LAYOUT

32. SINGLE WALL/ CORRIDOR LAYOUT

33. SINGLE WALL/ CORRIDOR LAYOUT

34. ADVANTAGES OF CORRIDOR/ONE
WALL DESIGN
• Suitable for small kitchen spaces. Limited
space means cheaper cost.
• Suitable for narrow kitchen.
• Good for small families and people who do
little cooking.

35. DISADVANTAGES OF CORRIDOR/ONE
WALL DESIGN
• Has the longest journey of working distance
because it does not have a work triangle.
• Sink has be centrally located so that the will
effect the kitchen .

36. L-SHAPED LAYOUT

37. L-SHAPED LAYOUT

38. L-SHAPED LAYOUT

39. L-SHAPED LAYOUT

40. ADVANTAGES OF THE L-SHAPED
KITCHEN
• Great for corner space
• Efficient for a small and medium kitchen space
• Can adjust to any length
• Can easily divide the kitchen into multiple
work sites

41. DISADVANTAGES OF THE L-SHAPED
LAYOUT
• The corner spaces will be wasted.
• Not efficient for large kitchens.
• Not good for multiple cooks .

42. U-SHAPED KITCHEN LAYOUT

43. U-SHAPED KITCHEN LAYOUT

44. U-SHAPED KITCHEN LAYOUT

45. U-SHAPED KITCHEN LAYOUT

46. U-SHAPED KITCHEN LAYOUT
ADVANTAGES
• Efficient for a small, medium or large kitchen
space
• No through traffic to disrupt work zones
• Lots of cupboard space.

47. U-SHAPED KITCHEN LAYOUT
DISADVANTAGES
• Bottom corner cabinets are difficult to access
• Unsuitable for narrow kitchens i.e. below 10”
wide.

48. PARALLEL WALL/ GALLERY LAYOUT

49. PARALLEL WALL/ GALLERY LAYOUT

50. PARALLEL WALL/ GALLERY LAYOUT

51. PARALLEL WALL/ GALLERY
ADVANTAGES
• Excellent use of the kitchen triangle
• Lots of workspace and cabinets on either side
• Great for small apartments with limited space
• Great for small kitchens
• Great for one cook to move around

52. PARALLEL WALL/ GALLERY
DISADVANTAGES
• Can be difficult for through traffic
• Needs good lighting as can be dark- lights may
need to be added under overhead cabinets

53. FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN
PLANNING THE LAYOUT OF KITCHEN
• Organization of cooking areas
• Layout of equipment
• Size of the kitchen
• Location of the kitchen (close to the dining
areas and easy access to the outdoors.

54. ACTIVITY CENTRES
• The activity centre of the kitchen is arranged
around the following
• Sink
• Stove
• refrigerator

55. MAIN ACTIVITY CENTRES
• Mixing and preparation centre
• Washing and cleanup centre
• Cooking and serving centre

56. Air ventilation system

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