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                 KSA Update


            Kitchen Layouts, June 2023


              f you are planning for or designing a
              new kitchen you are probably aware
           Iof the number of details that go into
           the process. From choosing the kitchen
           layout to picking kitchen cabinet design   energy  between  these  zones  to  optimize   you to keep the hob on one side of the
           ideas, there are a number of decisions that   your time in the kitchen.  island and the oven on the other.  The
           need to be made. One of which is how to                              island itself can form part of the triangle
           optimise your space.  Each of the layouts   The U or G shaped kitchen:  (if you are placing your hob or sink on the
           below are ‘typical’ shapes which link back   This is the easiest space to work with.   island)  or  totally  outside  of  the  triangle
           to an optimal ergonomic  kitchen plan   It facilitates three runs of cabinets or   (if the island is purely for dining and
           based on the magic work triangle.  worksurface in the shape of a U or with a   counterspace). You can pair an island
             The magic work triangle is a design   double back creating a G.  Here applying   with a straight, U-shaped or L-shaped
           premise that keeps your key zones   the triangle is easy and allows you to   kitchen, depending on the size of the
           (cooking/washing/storing)  optimally  have your hob, sink and fridge each on a   space available to you.
           separated but linked via a triangle. The   separate run of cupboards.
           primary tasks in a home kitchen are                                  The galley or in-line kitchen layout:
           carried out between the stove/oven, the   The island shaped kitchen:   Here you have one bank of cupboards,
           sink and the refrigerator. Optimally the   Here is when your kitchen design is   or two, running parallel to one another.
           triangle should be as small as possible   centred around a kitchen island.  Space   To make the work triangle viable here,
           and as naturally shaped as possible. Each   becomes exceptionally important in this   you need to elongate it.
           side of the triangle should measure no   layout. The  key is  to ensure  you have   Considering  movement  is  very
           less than 1,2m and no more than 3m   a good flow through the kitchen and   important on this layout – particularly
           and, ideally, the perimeter of the triangle   good access to all cupboards within the   in  a  galley  set  up.    It  is  vital  that  both
           should be no less than 4m and no more   island. The island should not become a   banks of cupboards and their appliances
           than 8m. The idea is to reduce the amount   hindrance. Here you can work with two   can be utilised by more than one person
           of  walking  and unnecessarily expend   work triangles if  you want.  This  allows   at a time, and that if someone is working

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