Cohousing-L Mailing List: The "double residential" kitchen (Was: Dishwashers/residential Dishwashers)

[William C. Wood (woodwc]

Something to think about: A church architect once told our design 
committee not to underestimate the value of a double residential 
kitchen. By that he meant a kitchen with two home-size refrigerators, 
two home-size ovens, and so on. After looking at the alternatives, the 
committee adopted the double residential approach and it has worked 
quite well. The cost was relatively low, repairs have been infrequent, 
and everybody knows how to operate everything without training.

And the capacity of the double residential kitchen is truly impressive. 
We have served 400 people in three hours during fund-raisers (with 
swarms of volunteer who all can work because of thoughtful design for 
traffic flows, etc.) I'm sure that our double residential kitchen is not 
the "best" solution in some ways, but it certainly works for us.

William C. Wood
Simplicity House
http://www.simplicityhouse.org