Thank you for the feedback.
Regarding the approach without windows:
Due to boundary distances; location of the neighbor's garage to the west, we first had to choose between 3 fundamentally different floor plan proposals. We decided on the preliminary floor plan posted here. Now the detailed planning follows, so I thought I’d ask now to possibly incorporate initial feedback right away.
Yes, we will probably omit the wall at the corner bench, I agree with that.
I tend to leave out the door from the hall to the kitchen. That gives us space in the kitchen for a large corner cabinet and space in the hall for a coat rack, cabinet, etc.
Where do you think the patio door would fit best then?
The exit should be by the terrace, but there probably won’t be any space in the bay window, right?