CiNii 図書 - Kitchen culture : re-inventing kitchen design

What is "kitchen culture"? Life that revolves around the activities, feelings and ideas associated with the use of a space at the centre of home, from where food is prepared and hospitality emanates. Our lives are physically lived in our kitchens more than any other room. Therefore, a room for this range of uses needs to be carefully planned. There is a return to valuing family life where quality time between family members is suddenly considered to be vital for a healthy and happy life. The new interest in food now valued as a culture also helps us to create a new focus upon the role of the kitchen. The amount of input that can go into the planning of a kitchen can be as light or thoughtful as you care for. The more you investigate the culture of the kitchen the more you realize what a huge role it plays in making a house become a home. Its value is potentially great for enjoyment and function. It reflects the society and culture in which we live in a fascinating way, particularly in the field of design, but also in many other cultural aspects. The design of houses in the future will be most affected by the way we view the kitchen. Each generation recreates their senses of what a

6 Foreword by Alice Waters
7 Introduction by Johnny Grey
8 Chaper One: Kitchen Culture - Reinventing Home Space
10 History of the kitchen - Historical role models
12 The Experience of Space - Social use of space
14 Food and Foreign Influences - The rituals of mealtimes revisited
Something of the cafe culture at home
Food, travelling and cookbooks
16 New Life in the kitchen 'Slow food' and family culture
18 The Psychology of Kitchen Culture - Personal psychology, social prestige, media impact, appliance icons
20 The Cooking Business - Ergonomic comfort
More leisure time to share in the kitchen
The role of design
22 Influencing design in different ways - How environment intercepts our moods
Design and hospitality: examples of restaurants as mood enhancers
24 The Kitchen of the Future
26 Chapter Two: Kitchen Design explored in a real context
(each kitchen design story comprises an architectural plan and loose line artwork sketches)
28 Design 1: Good use of light
36 Design 2: Space: dissolving boundaries
44 Design 3: Soft geometry
50 Design 4: New materials in sympathy with a traditional setting
58 Design 5: Accommodating kitchen traffic flow
66 Design 6: The unfitted kitchen in a new build
72 Design 7: Fitting a kitchen within a small space
78 Design 8: Releasing design energy in a large space
86 Chapter Three: Communicating between space and people
88 Design 9: Creating the right atmosphere
94 Design 10: Mixing international influences
100 Design 11: A sense of place: how the outside affects kitchen design
106 Design 12: Taking on a challenging design
113 Design 13: Using modern and traditional sources
122 Design 14: Conveying self-expression through design
130 Design 15: Design eccentricity
138 Chapter Four: Kitchen Works - design analysis
140 Working up the design
142 Lore of basic measurements (Loose line artwork)
144 Body ergonomics
146 Soft geometry
148 Style and aesthetics - design details (cabinetry, marquetry)
150 Style and aesthetics - design details (pan racks, plate racks, handles)
152 Style and Aesthetics - design details (countertops, paint finishes, flooring)
154 Planning for sociability
156 Unfitted kitchens
158 Design for cooking
160 Furniture as design tool
162 Storage
164 Small kitchens
166 Appliances and new technology
168 Maintenance of the kitchen - durability of materials
170 Chapter Five: Whole Environment - Architectural opportunities
172 The purpose and definition of a room
174 Home extensions
176 Removing walls
178 The architecture of light
180 Lighting design
182 Further reading
183 Suppliers, manufacturers and artisans
188 Index
192 Acknowledgements

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