Over the years all we have heard is "the working triangle" and how important it is to a functional kitchen but is the working triangle as it is so well know really that pivotal to a functional kitchen?
The Modern kitchen
design and lifestyle needs to take on modern contemporary approach to
planning and design thought, we should be exploring the design
and aesthetic yes but more so the function. In the 1980's a idea
called open plan design and the working triangle where big things in kitchen
design. Now in the modern kitchen design of 2017 we are now creating living
rooms that consist of a kitchen, lounge and dinning room "the modern day
living room"
This approach to
modern living and our needs to be connected to our love ones when we are at
home is the driving force, we want our spaces to be open and light filled,
connected to the outdoors.
The good old
working triangle is not a dead thought process in the modern kitchen,
we actually feel the idea or concept has morphed into an new more engaging
idea of the working triangles, thru cooking shows like Masterchief and
star chiefs such as Jamie Oliver and co the kitchen is now
playing more than a central role in our living and we are seeing more and
more families cooking and engaging in the kitchen space than ever before. For
this reason we feel the focus on a single working triangle is a out-dated
thought process and the more innovative addition of a S to triangle
(working triangles) allows for more than one person to function in
the kitchen at the same time, creating multiple zones and triangles in the
process.
Active and passive,
this is a very large part of the modern kitchen design, having areas that are
passive such as access to cups which are directly located next to the fridge so
when someone is active in the cooking zones the space can function, simile
when at the cooktop cooking you want the spices next to you not in a pantry 2
to 3 metres away, this has taken on the term the dynamic kitchen. Blum have
been educating the market place on this style or thought process
for the modern kitchen for some time now and it makes a lot of sense in the
modern kitchen design.
The Living room is now
a integrated space incorporating many functions and spaces.
So let us know, do you think the working triangle is still relevant in the modern kitchen design or should we be thinking more of active & passive along with multiple working triangles.
