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Re:Frankfurt kitchen by eponeponepon on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @05:37PM (#18019373)
Interesting! What really intrigues me is how very familiar, at a very very hindbrain level, this layout is to me. If someone asked me to sketch a generic kitchen, I would certainly draw something recognisably similar. Sets me wondering how much else that fades into the scenery day-to-day in the modern world has its origin in someone's deliberate design.
Re:Frankfurt kitchen by bogomipz on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @05:53PM (#18019503)
This is also known as a "galley kitchen" similar to those found in the galley of ship:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galley_(kitchen)

Re:Frankfurt kitchen by oh_sigh on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @06:17PM (#18019715)
Correct me if I'm wrong but a galley kitchen is just a kitchen of certain dimensions(that is, long and narrow), whereas the Frankfurt kitchen is a complete layout, involving location of drawers, appliances, etc.
Re:Frankfurt kitchen by bogomipz on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @06:53PM (#18020008)
From the link:

>"The term galley kitchen is also used to refer to the design of household kitchen wherein the units are fitted into a continuous array with no kitchen table, allowing maximum use of a restricted space, and work with the minimum of required movement between units.

The first mass-produced galley kitchen design was known as the Frankfurt kitchen, designed by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky."

The Frankfurt Kitchen was a type of galley kitchen.

Re:Frankfurt kitchen by mturmon on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @08:44PM (#18020704)
My house has a vintage-1959 galley kitchen, which is Taylorist along the same lines as the OP, and I have to say: it is a really efficient work space. You don't have to waste steps walking around. I (personally) prefer the galley layout to the square layout (vintage 1920) that I previously had.
Re:Frankfurt kitchen by degenerate on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @05:45PM (#18019448)
This video has a lot more pictures and information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJiFBHU2ZMM
Re:Frankfurt kitchen by AdamM12 on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @06:05PM (#18019617)
Only learned about this because of highly ranked r/DIY post from someone in Germany just the other day.
Re:Frankfurt kitchen by gyyfl on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @02:16AM (#18022122)
I've seen these in person and the thing that always struck me is how much smaller people used to be. The heights of counters, everything.
Re:Frankfurt kitchen by soperj on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @06:20PM (#18019743)
I've been trying without success to find a picture of the Stuttgart kitchen mentioned in the article. Anyone?
Re:Frankfurt kitchen by QuercusMax on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @06:26PM (#18019802)
Possibly this: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/57/1b/42/571b4248477766f98f58...

Or one of the pictures here: http://www.worldcat.org/title/weissenhof-houses-5-9-kitchen-...

Very low quality, but I suspect you won't find much better without a physical copy.

Re:Frankfurt kitchen by lbody on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @06:25PM (#18019795)
Seems to be known as the weissenhof house built for Jacobus Oud. http://www.worldcat.org/title/weissenhof-houses-5-9-kitchen-...
Re:Frankfurt kitchen by contingencies on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @05:55PM (#18019522)
Interesting as we have basically spent 2.5 years building a Frankfurt kitchen without the humans...