If one takes a closer look at the historical evolution of kitchens, the most notable development is the circulation of purpose and the place of the kitchen premise in the house arrangement. From strictly functional space, usually staked on the back of the home the kitchens has become an attractive premise located at the heart of the house composition. Thanks to technological advances and clever architectural solutions for ventilation and space distribution nowadays the kitchens become a central piece of the design arrangement around which the daily lives revolve.
For centuries the kitchen was strictly a workspace. Often tucked in the back of the house, it had room for just the bare essentials. But a peek at many new kitchens today reveals a very different approach: the open concept kitchen at the heart of the home. Now people want the kitchen to be an active part of the family home, and open-concept kitchens are by far the more popular choice today.
Let’s take a look at the open floor plan of modern kitchens.
The search of modern designs for fluid and free space flow, the need to combine the high quality of life with the simplistic and elegant arrangement without sacrificing the functionality, leads to a variety of open-plan arraignment. Most often, the kitchen zone – open and functional is linked to some kind of dining area – from simple bar arrangement to the classic dining table – chairs set.
And usually, in the open floor concept, the dining area gives the symbolic border between the food preparation zone and the rest of the daily living space. But thanks to the infinite creativity of modern designs there is a great variety of approaches to arranging such a layout.
The idea of an open concept kitchen is not at all unusual, especially in the case of modern and contemporary homes. Nowadays the tendency is to make the interior as fluid as possible and to simplify structure and decor without sacrificing functionality. It’s why eliminating the barrier between the kitchen and the social spaces, is a practical move. Most often, the kitchen is linked to the dining area and the two spaces are adjacent. The dining table usually becomes a buffer zone between the kitchen and the living/seating area.
An open layout caries a great benefit for the social life of the family – no more isolation of the food preparation process – all the inhabitants and their guest can participate fully not only in the consummation but in the process of preparation of the meal – even if it’s only as a company to the cook. So, opening the kitchen towards the rest of the living premises introduces a unity not only to the spatial arrangement but into the lives of the owners as well.
The idea of an open concept kitchen is not at all unusual, especially in the case of modern and contemporary homes. Nowadays the tendency is to make the interior as fluid as possible and to simplify structure and decor without sacrificing functionality. It’s why eliminating the barrier between the kitchen and the social spaces, is a practical move. Most often, the kitchen is linked to the dining area and the two spaces are adjacent. The dining table usually becomes a buffer zone between the kitchen and the living/seating area.
An open layout caries a great benefit for the social life of the family – no more isolation of the food preparation process – all the inhabitants and their guest can participate fully not only in the consummation but in the process of preparation of the meal – even if it’s only as a company to the cook. So, opening the kitchen towards the rest of the living premises introduces a unity not only to the spatial arrangement but into the lives of the owners as well.
An open layout caries a great benefit for the social life of the family – no more isolation of the food preparation process – all the inhabitants and their guest can participate fully not only in the consummation but in the process of preparation of the meal – even if it’s only as a company to the cook. So, opening the kitchen towards the rest of the living premises introduces a unity not only to the spatial arrangement but into the lives of the owners as well.
Apart from the social benefits of such layout, the feel of spaciousness, free movement and open space for the home is not to be underestimated. With clever design arrangement, even a small home can appear big and spacious when a free flow is established between the main zones of living premises. And of course, the practical side of the free movement between the kitchen counter and oven to the dining area makes serving and picking up the table an easy and enjoyable task.