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Kitchen Design: What is the Work Triangle? | DDLS Art says:

April 3, 2014 at 5:46 am

[…] When designing a kitchen, whether for a new home construction or a renovation, there is one design concept that is often regarded as a template: the work triangle. This triangle is one of the top concepts that designers and homeowners adopt when they draw the layout of the kitchen. All other parts of the kitchen come secondary to the establishment of the kitchen work triangle. […]

The main working functions in a home kitchen are carried out between the cook top, the sink and the refrigerator. These three points and the imaginary lines between them, make up what kitchen experts call the “work triangle”. The idea is that when these three elements are in close (but not too close) proximity to one other, the kitchen will run efficiently.

There are exceptions to this rule: in single wall kitchens, it’s geometrically impossible to achieve a true triangle—but efficiency can still be achieved through the configuration of the three items, and how far apart they are.

The kitchen work triangle is a model that was developed in the 1940s[1] to address the efficiency of the kitchen space between the major work centers: Cooking (range), Preparation (sink/dishwasher)