More and more I am being asked to
design kitchens that will be used by
two people working together to
prepare meals. Because different
people have different work habits, I
always start the planning process by
surveying the needs of both people.
Some of the questions I ask, for
example, are:
• What are the physical attributes of
the two people? A very tall cook
working with a very short cook will
have a different set of counterheight
criteria than two cooks of
about the same height. A righthanded
person will have different
needs than a left-handed person.
• Who shops and puts away groceries,
and when? Does one family member
stop on the way home from work,
bringing packages