That's right: none of us really feel like pointing out the direction of old buildings and their room layouts regarding storage before the time of the refrigerator.
Exactly, not me either, and with that I would like to conclude the excursion into this partial aspect: it’s not about old buildings, and this type of pantry construction has absolutely nothing to do with "before the time of the refrigerator." These buildings are for the most part from the 1920s to the 1960s, and refrigerators have existed for a very long time by then. The pantries were not a substitute for refrigerators! - one could fill books with misunderstandings about that, but that is precisely not my intention, at least not in this thread.
Just for a piece of cheese or a kilo, for you probably a pound? No one builds a 2 or 3 square meter pantry for potatoes here.
The pantry in the first draft with 1.95 sqm is already near the upper limit for my interpretation of its purpose, which I also hold for the planner’s intention here. The more recent proposal with the straight-through wall, on the other hand, clearly goes in the direction of the other interpretation.
For the OP, who wants the multi-use pantry, which here also does not need to offer a cellar-like climate, this means: the proposal with the larger pantry makes more sense for him, and the planned location fits perfectly for that, so the proposal with the wall being straight through also works. With the idea of moving the little finishing touch corner window into the bedroom, the whole thing comes together.