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Recognize Kitchen Based Functions
Determining the kitchen can not just design. Note first the division of functions and variety of activities in the kitchen so the kitchen to be comfortable in use.
Can be described as the heart of the kitchen in a house. Various activities related to Learning cook food processing, which is a source of energy and nutrients family, goes on here. The above statement is one reason, why the kitchen should be well designed.
Kitchen design process can not be careless, because it will affect the comfort Doing Activities within the example in learning to cook. One who needs to know before designing the kitchen is the division’s activities in the kitchen. One is the division of kitchen based on its function. This category divides into two kitchens, kitchen, wet and dry kitchen.
Wet kitchen is the kitchen areas where cooking activities performed. Starting from the washing process until the food processing done in the kitchen wet.
Refers to the pantry kitchen area used for activities that are versatile compact. Such as serving food at breakfast. Brewing a cup of tea or coffee, can also be done in the kitchen to dry. Dry kitchen can also be used as a family gathering areas, to just chat while enjoying the hors d’oeuvre or snack.
After learning of this division, it’s time to plan the kitchen layout. According to Yuni Jie in his book Simply Simple, kitchen planning should follow the rules of the triangle. This rule is based on three main functions of the kitchen, the storage, preparation, and processing. Under this rule, the distance between the refrigerator, stove and sink should be balanced. If the line is drawn between them, must form a triangle. Ideally, an equilateral triangle
Ideal Kitchen Design
Talk about numbers mean size. Many are lazy notice. And to create an ergonomic kitchen, we inevitably have to talk size, high, low, long and wide.
Maybe you often feel uncomfortable working in the working table, in the kitchen. Or find it difficult to reach objects that are stored in the closet or cabinet suspension. Well, this may be because your kitchen is designed without regard to the ideal measures.
The ideal size of a small kitchen seem cursory. But you, the users can feel myself as a result. Arbitrary size, making the work in the kitchen so uncomfortable. If you want more comfortable again should the size of the cabinet, working table, and kitchen set must be adjusted to the size of height, even the size of the elbow, from people who often move in the kitchen.
Several books on the kitchen to explain about the standard size of kitchen furniture, which we often neglect. The essence of the standard measures that other andata:
• Try to measure working table or desk in the kitchen of the house. How high? Ideally this work area height is level with the waist. In fact, could be even lower, if used for many jobs tougher than seasoning mix, such as cooking. In this activity, height table low enough, will make it easier arm worked when stirring or flipping through the food, in the skillet or saucepan.
• The surface of the desk should also be noted how wide. Coverage of human hands, especially women, to the front is 85 cm. While the addition of 42cm could – 62cm.
• storage cabinet is also often made without taking into account the right size. High storage cabinet that can still reach the hand is 2m. Height of each shelf in the closet also needs attention, the ideal size is about 65cm – 180cm.
• Distance circulation corridor between the work area and the other one, also need attention. Too small will make the kitchen feel cramped and uncomfortable. Optimal distance that should be applied is 94cm.
• Next sink area (kitchen sink). High sink should be between 70cm – 80cm from the floor. So users do not have to bend down to reach the bottom tub.