Thursday, 20 October 2011

Kitchen floorplan

I have done a few sketches below of the how the kitchen could be laid out, taking into account the client's requirements.


This image is how the kitchen must be laid out following the requirements. The rest of the space is up to me to design. However after looking at the ergonomics of designing spaces, I will need to allow 4'0" in front of the worksurfaces to allow space to work in the kitchen and at least 2'0" minimum for walking around the kitchen. Therefore, the other units in the kitchen will have to go on the back wall. I have also taken away the door to just have a doorway, opening up the room and making the room appear bigger. The idea being taken from the article I researched, Small Space Solutions for every home.

I have given a choice of three different floor plans for each room to my client, so that she can choose which is her favourite. As Susan Serra says in her first philosophy (my researched designer), choice opens up ideas that otherwise may not have been thought of.



In this layout plan I have put the fridge freezer next to the wall,  but the door when opened will hit the built in cupboard on the adjacent wall. By having the work surface next to the back door, it will mean that when the client is cooking, she will have to stand in the path of the door, so this plan is not an ideal solution.

Client: "I don't like the fridge/freezer in the corner because it will bang against the new cupboard every time it's opened."



In this layout plan I have moved the fridge freezer away from the wall, but this will make it look disjointed with smaller cupboards each side and wall cupboards each side once they have been fit. With the cooker/hob in the corner, there is no work surface next to it to put pots and pans or plates once the food has cooked. So this is not an ideal solution either.

Client: "I don't like the oven next to the wall and the fridge/freezer because I won't have any work surface next to it to put my other cooking utensils. Also I would feel a bit squashed with the wall there when cooking."




Therefore, the floor plan layout above is the best solution. It meets the client's requirements and meets the ergonomic requirements. I have shown the client this floor plan and she was happy with it. 

Client: "I really like this layout. I have plenty of space either side of the cooker to put things when cooking and I can have some wall cupboards above for more storage space."




I have drawn out the final floor plan on Vectorworks (shown above) including the fixed wall units and appliances. The curved wall cupboard next to the doorway softens the sharp edges, and doesn't stick out, which could have resulted in banging one's head on the corner of the cupboard. Below are each of the elevations for the kitchen.

Elevation 1


Elevation 2


Elevation 3


Elevation 4

All of the vectorworks plans are done to scale 1:50.




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