Most house plans put the kitchen
on the outside. It's unclear exactly
why this is. In small, skinny plans
and in some other plans, the size or
shape of the house absolutely
requires that the kitchen (and virtually
all other rooms) have outside
walls. The desire for a window over
the sink, so that the cook can have
a view, is another reason. But as
often as not, the kitchen seems to
be put along the outside wall simply
because that's the way things
are done: it's a sort of unofficial,
unquestioned tradition.
There are times, however, when
it's useful to overturn this tradition.
Siting the kitchen in the interior of
the house, surrounded by other
rooms or passages,