Cohousing-L Mailing List: Kitchen Research - Final Year student from Australia

[benjamin siew (bensiew]

Dear all,
 
My name is Benjamin Siew, from University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Australia. I am currently a final year student in Industrial Design
researching into the design of common house kitchen in cohousing
community. I have subscribed to the Cohousing-L email list a few days
back and I have been reading previous posting about kitchen design. 
 
My purpose of this e-mail is to have a sensing in your thoughts if there
is a kitchen specially designed for the common kitchen. 
 
The specially designed kitchen will include features like:
1.      Furniture design to look like a domestic kitchen, with workflow
efficiency and methods of preparation of ingredients comparable to
commercialized kitchen. 
2.      Efficiency of the stove comparable to commercialized kitchen but
safety concerns due to the presence of children in the kitchen. 
3.      Modularity in furniture that minimizes motion of transporting of
heavy prepared food into the dining area. (e.g. a workbench that has
wheels attached to the bottom slides out from the main furniture and
transport the prepared food to the dining area)
4.      Application of new technologies: 
a.      A new energy renewable technique that convert heat into
electricity.
b.      Glass/ surface that cleans itself under exposure of UV lights
that minimizes used of harmful solvents and water. 
 
 
I would also hope to hear from residents on their current problem faced
in their common house kitchen. This will allow me to put all those
problems into my design consideration and ultimately, creating a kitchen
that will be more user-friendly and desirable to everyone. 
 
Cheers,
Benjamin
UNSW, Sydney