Kitchen planning with deep windows

I have now also printed out the plan and will take another look at it this evening after I just tried to create something nice. The suggestion from is not bad at all, unfortunately it is probably out due to the asymmetry of the windows. The offset to the bay window is annoying, it does not harmonize with the living room wall or the door. I would probably also favor the kitchen door opposite the hallway door – with ’s suggestion for the kitchen furnishing there would be some calm in the room. It is not easy, we also do not know your preferences or reasons... I spontaneously had a diagonally positioned island in mind, that’s how we solved it. Then you have the advantage that a work triangle forms between the work surfaces, which takes away the bulkiness of a large island and you can walk around comfortably and still reach everywhere – including the windows.

Guys, you are really amazing. Thank you for taking so much time and effort to even make an "Overlay" plan. I need to look at it all calmly. I have also read about the triangle before. kbt: what just came to mind is that the large window is on the left and the garden extends out on the right (of course mainly behind the house). Was there a special reason for that? Can you separate the dining area and kitchen in the solution? What I thought of today Yvonne and kbt (just as a consideration): Don’t people often have a terrace roof? Would that be a possibility to distract from the gable window asymmetry with a "trick"... the roof then covers the lower windows. Yvonne, how do you have it at your place? The sun surely shines well from that direction... P.s. Greetings from Lower Saxony to Lower Saxony

The reason for the terrace door location is simply that there is the free space from which everything can be brought out onto the terrace very easily.

The way I have planned the kitchen, you actually won’t need any doors. If at all, then you could put a vestibule at the 120 cm wall section and at least install a sliding door for the left kitchen passage there.

It is somewhat pointless to talk about window arrangements, etc., if you don’t have all the complete data, i.e., upper floor, elevations, etc., and have the house truly oriented on the site plan with a north arrow. I always have great difficulty converting many notes made around the arrow. Especially since I often only look at the floor plans and try to imagine what can be changed. It is extremely helpful when the north arrow is included because then you can always see the orientation.

I am sending you the arrow in and the current draft of the og. By [Mut Vorbau] do you mean a canopy..?

The upper windows should be adapted to the lower ones. I thought I had read something about a room in the third gable, then it wouldn’t be a problem. I don’t want to take away your illusions with my objection regarding multiple windows... However, I would also prefer symmetry.

Macht man nicht häufig eine Terrassenüberdachung. wäre das eine mgl.keit mit einem "Trick" von der Giebelfenster Asymmetrie abzulenken... die uebetdachung verdeckt ja dann due unteren Fenster. Yvonne wie habt ihr das bei euch? Die sonne ballert doch sicher aus der Richtung ganz gut...

Yes, you can. But a covering terrace roof would probably only make sense on the south side to block the sun when it is high up. West and east sun creeps in below. We have our frame, which is like an awning, next to the terrace door on a wall without windows. I’ll attach a little picture of our kitchen, there the south is above, also the terrace, and on the left side of the wall is our seating terrace with the adjacent pavilion... We consciously decided against a symmetrical house because you have to submit to the constraints of strictness.

However, you can also hide the asymmetry with bushes close to the exterior wall... or a bench, sculpture, or something else.

Regarding the kitchen: an optimal space between two kitchen rows is supposed to be 120 cm. For me, one meter would also work if the main workspace of two is not used or if the counter doesn’t get too long so that you also have work on the other side. We have 80 cm between the fridge and the corner of the island, which is okay because it's not our main passage but also comfortable for putting things from the fridge onto the island. On the other side, the space opens up between the work surfaces. Perhaps a suggestion to set up a work area in a relatively large space that is comfortable to handle, also with regard to the line of sight outside or to cleaning the nearby windows. However, I would avoid chopping off a kitchen 50 cm in front of a window, as is drawn in your plan.

Regards, Yvonne

And here is my suggestion