Symmetry in height or in the vertical?
For me, it's more like: form follows function.
Vertical: I also want to be able to look into the steam oven without having to get a step stool, so the arrangement is such that I can operate the steam oven well and the oven is a bit lower for that, but still easy to use. At the very bottom is the warming drawer – well, I have to bend down for that, but I don’t need it that often when cooking. The plates go in there and come out before serving – bending down twice, that’s okay.
Horizontal: on the left is the refrigerator, which is 60cm wide, on the right the door to the pantry, and I have to be able to get through fully loaded and carrying a tray, 60cm would be too narrow for me, so the maximum possible width is used.
Therefore, the renunciation of symmetry.
Kitchen thread when it’s finally finished (today our robot vacuum got tangled in the cables under the island again – it’s time for the baseboards! By now I think it does it on purpose – plop, down under the island, into the cable mess, then innocently sending a message to the gentlemen and masters “Sir Edward needs your attention” and making itself comfortable on the cables and unfortunately, unfortunately it couldn’t finish vacuuming because of that. Lazy thing!)