Coworking Spaces
Shared Kitchen Work Zones for Coworking Spaces
Arrange preparation, cooking and washing around the way meals are actually made, including more than one cook.
Explore the ideas
Plan in this order
- Map the route from food storage to preparation, cooking and serving.
- Keep landing surfaces beside the appliances and sink that need them.
- Test two people working at once and remove crossing paths where possible.
Worked example
Two cooks make breakfast together, but one must cross behind the other to reach the refrigerator.
Map the actual food-to-prep-to-cook sequence and move the most-used ingredients closer to prep, leaving a separate pass-through.
How to test it
Rehearse a typical meal with cabinet doors and appliance fronts open.
Apply it to this space
- Layout
- Set sink, preparation counter, and appliances in a one-way sequence away from the main lounge seating.
- Detail
- Choose easy-clean splash surfaces and place bins and dish drying beside the sink, not in the queue.
- Trade-off
- A larger kitchen improves comfort but reduces rentable work area.
- Simulate two members preparing food
- Check appliance doors do not block the route
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