Should the sink and stove plates be installed on a kitchen island or conventionally?

We have 60cm between the sink and the stove in the old kitchen. Unfortunately, it couldn't be done differently because of the room layout and connections. An absolute no-go in a new kitchen where I would be free to plan.

Shared from years of cooking together:
The bottleneck for us is not the stove, but the sink, you have to use it much more frequently.

Therefore, regardless of everything else, always plan the sink so that it can be accessed easily from at least two sides.

Then consider how often and how long you stand at the stove. Personally, I stand there relatively little. Many things simmer on their own and I only taste occasionally.
Steaks are grilled on our gas grill on the terrace; in terms of smell, the best solution.
If a steam cooker (or combination cooker) is planned in addition, even less is done at the stove (and I wouldn’t plan a kitchen without such a device anymore).

Otherwise, I need work surfaces, that’s where I spend the most time.

So I would prioritize the work surface as number 1: as large as possible continuous surface, preferably on the island.

Priority 2 is an easily accessible sink. You have to go there repeatedly, for example to quickly wash your hands.

A strategically placed dishwasher automatically encourages you not to leave utensils lying around somewhere but to put them directly into the dishwasher (and thus avoid creating a battlefield in the kitchen).

And then the stove. A stove on the island is nice; you often see it with TV chefs, so everyone wants it. But we don’t have a camera watching us cook. Therefore, in my opinion, the cooktop doesn’t have to be on the island. It also depends on how big the island is.

Personally, I would find work surface on the island more important and a sink in front of the cooktop because I use the sink much more often.

In my kitchen, the cooktop is still on the island, combined with a small sink. The main sink is on the kitchen counter at the wall, which is parallel to the island. I thought long about whether to put the cooktop on the counter and create a very large work surface on the island.
Ultimately, the cooktop ended up on the island, but the reason was simply that I have the countertop running into the window on the kitchen counter—the window starts at counter height along the entire length of the kitchen counter—and I didn’t want a cooktop in front of a window where I would have to clean it every time I sizzle something.

Since both the kitchen counter and the island are each 3.30 m long, I still have enough space to work; the cooktop is also not centered on the island but placed to one side so that over half of the island remains a continuous work surface. With a smaller island and the possibility not to have the cooktop directly in front of a window, I personally would not have put the cooktop on the island.
A (small) sink on the island, however, I consider absolutely ergonomic.

I would observe myself carefully while cooking over the next few days and then consider what I use most, why, and then decide what to plan where.

I would observe myself closely while cooking over the next few days and then think about what I use the most, why, and then decide what to plan where.

I agree with that, although I can also say that you can get used to something new. Many of us had a one-line or L-shaped kitchen in an apartment before, now planning is done for a two-line or with an island. Those are different approaches. While I used to have the ergonomic triangle, I now have the situation where everything that needs to be rinsed is moved aside behind me to the sink area in one motion. While cooking happens later, the items are loaded into the dishwasher or washed quickly. This way, I never have anything dirty at the place of action.

How large are the surfaces? Can you also prepare food and still have room for 1-2 bowls…?

We have about a 3m island, the cooktop on the left, the sink on the right, with roughly 70-80 cm of space in between, enough room for 2 bowls, yes.
In the house pictures thread you can also find a photo of it...

Hello,
thank you very much already for the numerous answers.
I have to think about everything now :)
Maybe this would also be something for us, a small sink on the island, simply to wash vegetables and to install the main sink as originally planned. I wouldn't have thought of that. We have quite a lot of vegetables and they are mostly cooked in the pan, so we spend quite a lot of time at the stove and at the sink...
You can’t really base it on my current cooking habits, as our kitchen is so small that we work wherever there is space, sometimes even at the dining table...
Dishes are usually washed once a day, mainly big items and good knives, the rest goes into the dishwasher anyway.
I will now take a look at matthew03’s pictures :)

We are still at the very beginning of construction and it’s really amazing how many things you have to think about! Where is this going to lead? ;)

I have never had a kitchen island before, but it is my absolute dream. I like to cook, so the kitchen has to suit me, and since we are building new anyway, there will probably be a big focus on planning enough space and room for the kitchen. However, I am not quite sure how I want to design it in the end, because on one side of the kitchen island I would actually like to have a higher part, like a small bar basically. That’s why I don’t know if it is smart to put the stovetop there as well...