Kitchen
Food preparation
extended to dining, laundry, and storage
Six basic Styles:
Straight Line
L-Shaped
Corridor
Island
U-Shaped
Peninsula
Most expensive room per square ft.
Receives the most use of any room
Planning involves placement of appliances, adequate storage cabinets,
food preparation facilities
Work Centres:
food preparation centre
cleanup centre
cooking center
Work Triangle is the measure of efficiency
always shown on floor plan
A line drawn from front centre of range to refrigerator to the sink, then back to the range
length of these lines added together should produce a value less than 22’
utensil storage near area they are used
ie. pots and pans near range/cooking centre
Straight-Line Kitchen
in small houses, cottages, apartments
uses little space
efficient arrangement of kitchen facilities
Disadvantages: limited amount of cabinet space, not very interesting
Seldom used unless space is limited
L-Shaped Kitchen
along to adjacent walls
efficient workspace
two work centres along one wall,
third on the adjoining wall.
more attractive
Corridor Kitchen
located along two walls, opposite each one
small to medium in size, for long narrow rooms
space between cabinets opposite sides at least 4’
efficient workspace
not great for heavy traffic in the kitchen
U-Shaped Kitchen
most popular
most attractive
work triangle compact and functional
no traffic through the kitchen
medium sized, 5’ to 6’ between legs of U
Peninsula Kitchen
popular because of large workspace
easily joins with the dining area using the peninsula
peninsula used for cooking, preparation or eating area
amount of traffic reduced work triangle small
Island Kitchen
Modification of the straight-line, L-shaped or U-shaped kitchen
Island house sink, cooking centre or food preparation
Countertop or snack area
Accessible from all sides
4’ clearance on all sides
Cabinets and Appliances
Stove/range
oven
refrigerator
dishwasher
microwave
and more
shown on a floor plan and not movable
Cabinets provide storage space
standard base: 34 ½” high and 24” deep
width in 3” increments 15”, 18” 21”
Base cabinets have roll-out, racks, baskets, shelf trays
Wall cabinets 12” or 13” deep
12” to 30” high in 3” increments
12” to 36” wide in 3” increments
Tall wall cabinets are 45”
Location and Ventilation
near service area
near dining room
laundry and bathroom also near kitchen
Kitchen window to view yard area
windows to exhaust heat from kitchen in summer
range hood vent necessary
Vent to an outside wall or roof
Kitchen is pleasant and well lighted
main ceiling lights, over sink, cooking and preparation areas
usually a drop ceiling with lighting is used
lights under cabinets for work centres
style and colour of appliances are chosen to be consistent with the overall design
Kitchen eating area
informal meals and snacking
near food preparation area
overall size of kitchen is larger
Can have a change in counter top height to separate eating area from preparation area
Knee and chair or stool space is needed under the counter
At an eating counter the height is 26”