New Ecological Standard Kitchen
Basic information
Project Title
New Ecological Standard Kitchen
Full project title
CONCEPT FOR NEW ECOLOGICAL KITCHEN STANDARD
Category
Reconnecting with nature
Project Description
KITCHEN DESIGN PROBLEMS
- The kitchen is the most expensive space in an apartment house.
- Most of the household work is done in the kitchen, where most energy is used.
- Most of the household waste is produced and sorted in the kitchen.
- 80% of the new kitchens are built in old houses.
- The concept of the present standard kitchen has many demands and no longer fits its purpose.
- Many of its functions, transformability, and energy economy, require a completely new re-evaluation
- The kitchen is the most expensive space in an apartment house.
- Most of the household work is done in the kitchen, where most energy is used.
- Most of the household waste is produced and sorted in the kitchen.
- 80% of the new kitchens are built in old houses.
- The concept of the present standard kitchen has many demands and no longer fits its purpose.
- Many of its functions, transformability, and energy economy, require a completely new re-evaluation
Geographical Scope
Local
Project Region
Hyvinkää, Helsinki, Oulu, Rovaniemi, Keuruu, Finland
Urban or rural issues
It addresses urban-rural linkages
Physical or other transformations
It refers to a physical transformation of the built environment (hard investment)
EU Programme or fund
No
Description of the project
Summary
KITCHEN DESIGN PROBLEMS
- The kitchen is the most expensive space in the apartment house.
- The majority of the household work at home is done in the kitchen, where most energy is used.
- Most of the household waste is produced and sorted in the kitchen.
- 80% of the new kitchens are built in old houses.
- The concept of the present standard kitchen has many demands and doesn’t fit its purpose anymore.
- Many of its functions, transformability, and energy economy, require a completely new re-evaluation.
- Those standards have been created under completely different conditions and for secondary kinds of reasons, and they are not very relevant to our present requirements. The planning principles and kitchen standards need to be updated.
- The use of limited natural resources, diverse types of families, the changes in the way of life, food
- production, eating habits an endlessly growing amount of domestic appliances, and the need to sort and recycle the waste is changing the basic requirements of the kitchen design radically.
- Currently, the usual standard kitchen cupboard structure is made out of small module boxes with double sidewalls. This structure is inflexible, and hard to transform or adapt for different uses and spaces.
- The assembling of built-in kitchen appliances in a modular cupboard is complicated. And finally, the double-layered cupboard walls and multiple cell structures are expensive and unnecessary.
NEW PLANNING CONCEPT FOR ECOLOGICAL KITCHEN
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
- The kitchen is the most expensive space in the apartment house.
- The majority of the household work at home is done in the kitchen, where most energy is used.
- Most of the household waste is produced and sorted in the kitchen.
- 80% of the new kitchens are built in old houses.
- The concept of the present standard kitchen has many demands and doesn’t fit its purpose anymore.
- Many of its functions, transformability, and energy economy, require a completely new re-evaluation.
- Those standards have been created under completely different conditions and for secondary kinds of reasons, and they are not very relevant to our present requirements. The planning principles and kitchen standards need to be updated.
- The use of limited natural resources, diverse types of families, the changes in the way of life, food
- production, eating habits an endlessly growing amount of domestic appliances, and the need to sort and recycle the waste is changing the basic requirements of the kitchen design radically.
- Currently, the usual standard kitchen cupboard structure is made out of small module boxes with double sidewalls. This structure is inflexible, and hard to transform or adapt for different uses and spaces.
- The assembling of built-in kitchen appliances in a modular cupboard is complicated. And finally, the double-layered cupboard walls and multiple cell structures are expensive and unnecessary.
NEW PLANNING CONCEPT FOR ECOLOGICAL KITCHEN
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
Key objectives for sustainability
NEW PLANNING CONCEPT FOR ECOLOGICAL KITCHEN
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
The ordinary standard kitchen structure which is built from boxes is replaced with an open structure that can be built, transformed, and adapted gradually according to different sizes of spaces and needs.
It requires chances also to the standard kitchen measurement norms and its principal structures but same time it makes also a flexible changing period possible because most of the old measure standard kitchen appliances can be replaced in this new open kitchen structure.
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
The ordinary standard kitchen structure which is built from boxes is replaced with an open structure that can be built, transformed, and adapted gradually according to different sizes of spaces and needs.
It requires chances also to the standard kitchen measurement norms and its principal structures but same time it makes also a flexible changing period possible because most of the old measure standard kitchen appliances can be replaced in this new open kitchen structure.
Key objectives for aesthetics and quality
NEW PLANNING CONCEPT FOR ECOLOGICAL KITCHEN
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
The ordinary standard kitchen structure which is built from boxes is replaced with an open structure that can be built, transformed, and adapted gradually according to different sizes of spaces and needs.
It requires chances also to the standard kitchen measurement norms and its principal structures but same time it makes also a flexible changing period possible because most of the old measure standard kitchen appliances can be replaced in this new open kitchen structure.
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
The ordinary standard kitchen structure which is built from boxes is replaced with an open structure that can be built, transformed, and adapted gradually according to different sizes of spaces and needs.
It requires chances also to the standard kitchen measurement norms and its principal structures but same time it makes also a flexible changing period possible because most of the old measure standard kitchen appliances can be replaced in this new open kitchen structure.
Key objectives for inclusion
DIFFERENT SITUATIONS OF THE LIFECYCLES
Wagons can be nominated for specific purposes/tasks/functions and set up with specific tools. Like bakery wagons, sawing works, garbage wagon, cocktail bars... etc.
Wagon content can also be transformed for specific waste recycling according to the needs.
This kitchen can be built down and packed storage and transported in a flat space-saving package.
This kitchen concept is made in a flexible way for the whole lifecycle with less material use. It can be transformed
for different life situations. It can also be adapted for wheelchair use, by removing some drawers wagons, or sidewalls away which are located under the worktop.
For wheelchair use the wagon can be taken out, which makes seating space under the worktop and the use of a bar seat for working also possible.
Wagons can be nominated for specific purposes/tasks/functions and set up with specific tools. Like bakery wagons, sawing works, garbage wagon, cocktail bars... etc.
Wagon content can also be transformed for specific waste recycling according to the needs.
This kitchen can be built down and packed storage and transported in a flat space-saving package.
This kitchen concept is made in a flexible way for the whole lifecycle with less material use. It can be transformed
for different life situations. It can also be adapted for wheelchair use, by removing some drawers wagons, or sidewalls away which are located under the worktop.
For wheelchair use the wagon can be taken out, which makes seating space under the worktop and the use of a bar seat for working also possible.
Results in relation to category
NEW PLANNING CONCEPT FOR ECOLOGICAL KITCHEN
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
The ordinary standard kitchen structure which is built from boxes is replaced with an open structure that can be built, transformed, and adapted gradually according to different sizes of spaces and needs.
It requires chances also to the standard kitchen measurement norms and its principal structures but same time it makes also a flexible changing period possible because most of the old measure standard kitchen appliances can be replaced in this new open kitchen structure.
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
The ordinary standard kitchen structure which is built from boxes is replaced with an open structure that can be built, transformed, and adapted gradually according to different sizes of spaces and needs.
It requires chances also to the standard kitchen measurement norms and its principal structures but same time it makes also a flexible changing period possible because most of the old measure standard kitchen appliances can be replaced in this new open kitchen structure.
How Citizens benefit
NEW PLANNING CONCEPT FOR ECOLOGICAL KITCHEN
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
The ordinary standard kitchen structure which is built from boxes is replaced with an open structure that can be built, transformed, and adapted gradually according to different sizes of spaces and needs.
It requires chances also to the standard kitchen measurement norms and its principal structures but same time it makes also a flexible changing period possible because most of the old measure standard kitchen appliances can be replaced in this new open kitchen structure.
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
The ordinary standard kitchen structure which is built from boxes is replaced with an open structure that can be built, transformed, and adapted gradually according to different sizes of spaces and needs.
It requires chances also to the standard kitchen measurement norms and its principal structures but same time it makes also a flexible changing period possible because most of the old measure standard kitchen appliances can be replaced in this new open kitchen structure.
Physical or other transformations
It refers to a physical transformation of the built environment (hard investment)
Innovative character
NEW PLANNING CONCEPT FOR ECOLOGICAL KITCHEN
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
The ordinary standard kitchen structure which is built from boxes is replaced with an open structure that can be built, transformed, and adapted gradually according to different sizes of spaces and needs.
It requires chances also to the standard kitchen measurement norms and its principal structures but same time it makes also a flexible changing period possible because most of the old measure standard kitchen appliances can be replaced in this new open kitchen structure.
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
The ordinary standard kitchen structure which is built from boxes is replaced with an open structure that can be built, transformed, and adapted gradually according to different sizes of spaces and needs.
It requires chances also to the standard kitchen measurement norms and its principal structures but same time it makes also a flexible changing period possible because most of the old measure standard kitchen appliances can be replaced in this new open kitchen structure.
Disciplines/knowledge reflected
NEW PLANNING CONCEPT FOR ECOLOGICAL KITCHEN
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
The ordinary standard kitchen structure which is built from boxes is replaced with an open structure that can be built, transformed, and adapted gradually according to different sizes of spaces and needs.
It requires chances also to the standard kitchen measurement norms and its principal structures but same time it makes also a flexible changing period possible because most of the old measure standard kitchen appliances can be replaced in this new open kitchen structure.
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
The ordinary standard kitchen structure which is built from boxes is replaced with an open structure that can be built, transformed, and adapted gradually according to different sizes of spaces and needs.
It requires chances also to the standard kitchen measurement norms and its principal structures but same time it makes also a flexible changing period possible because most of the old measure standard kitchen appliances can be replaced in this new open kitchen structure.
Methodology used
NEW PLANNING CONCEPT FOR ECOLOGICAL KITCHEN
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
The ordinary standard kitchen structure which is built from boxes is replaced with an open structure that can be built, transformed, and adapted gradually according to different sizes of spaces and needs.
It requires chances also to the standard kitchen measurement norms and its principal structures but same time it makes also a flexible changing period possible because most of the old measure standard kitchen appliances can be replaced in this new open kitchen structure.
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
The ordinary standard kitchen structure which is built from boxes is replaced with an open structure that can be built, transformed, and adapted gradually according to different sizes of spaces and needs.
It requires chances also to the standard kitchen measurement norms and its principal structures but same time it makes also a flexible changing period possible because most of the old measure standard kitchen appliances can be replaced in this new open kitchen structure.
How stakeholders are engaged
For the first prototype
Global challenges
DIFFERENT SITUATIONS OF THE LIFECYCLES
Wagons can be nominated for specific purposes/tasks/functions and set up with specific tools. Like bakery wagons, sawing works, garbage wagon, cocktail bars... etc.
Wagon content can also be transformed for specific waste recycling according to the needs.
This kitchen can be built down and packed storage and transported in a flat space-saving package.
This kitchen concept is made in a flexible way for the whole lifecycle with less material use. It can be transformed
for different life situations. It can also be adapted for wheelchair use, by removing some drawers wagons, or sidewalls away which are located under the worktop.
For wheelchair use the wagon can be taken out, which makes seating space under the worktop and the use of a bar seat for working also possible.
Wagons can be nominated for specific purposes/tasks/functions and set up with specific tools. Like bakery wagons, sawing works, garbage wagon, cocktail bars... etc.
Wagon content can also be transformed for specific waste recycling according to the needs.
This kitchen can be built down and packed storage and transported in a flat space-saving package.
This kitchen concept is made in a flexible way for the whole lifecycle with less material use. It can be transformed
for different life situations. It can also be adapted for wheelchair use, by removing some drawers wagons, or sidewalls away which are located under the worktop.
For wheelchair use the wagon can be taken out, which makes seating space under the worktop and the use of a bar seat for working also possible.
Learning transferred to other parties
NEW PLANNING CONCEPT FOR ECOLOGICAL KITCHEN
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
The ordinary standard kitchen structure which is built from boxes is replaced with an open structure that can be built, transformed, and adapted gradually according to different sizes of spaces and needs.
It requires chances also to the standard kitchen measurement norms and its principal structures but same time it makes also a flexible changing period possible because most of the old measure standard kitchen appliances can be replaced in this new open kitchen structure.
The following example shows that a kitchen can be planned in a simpler way, cheaper and with less use of raw materials, to be more sustainable and less energy wasting: by combining its parts together and in relation to the built environment in a fully new way.
This proposal is principal and it can work as a basement for more ecological kitchen norms and standards Starting point has been a functional and structural re-evaluation of all the present standard kitchen elements.
The ordinary standard kitchen structure which is built from boxes is replaced with an open structure that can be built, transformed, and adapted gradually according to different sizes of spaces and needs.
It requires chances also to the standard kitchen measurement norms and its principal structures but same time it makes also a flexible changing period possible because most of the old measure standard kitchen appliances can be replaced in this new open kitchen structure.
Keywords
new ecological kitchen standard
sustainible single wall structure, material saving
flexible, transformable
flat pakage, logistic
accecible, design for all
