My wife seriously objects to ghetto-izing the kitchen. We added on to the back of our 1950 brick rambler in Northern Virginia and turned that space into a kitchen-family area in order to end her isolation while preparing meals in a kitchen too small to accomodate anyone beyond her.
But also, I find myself thinking that we should just go back to stand-alone cabinets that can be moved. I think they're more sustainable for a lot of reasons!
My first visit in 1994 to Villa Savoye included me having to go to the bathroom.
I remember vividly that I couldn’t open the door fully until I raised the toilet seat which called to question either the “machine for living” or simply the quality and attention to modern updates / toilet seat replacement!
Then, returning to Paris as faculty with students and taking them to tour Maison de Verre, our guide shared her observations on the sanitation of the home throughout the tour.
The first time I was in the Maison de Verre Mary Johnson conducted the tour! I missed that article but have written about this before. Two articles you might enjoy:
I think a pattern language approach would be worthwhile.
Might you be able to make a pattern language for it?
My wife seriously objects to ghetto-izing the kitchen. We added on to the back of our 1950 brick rambler in Northern Virginia and turned that space into a kitchen-family area in order to end her isolation while preparing meals in a kitchen too small to accomodate anyone beyond her.
Excited for this! Possible topic: Fitted kitchens and why they're kind of the worst.
been there https://www.treehugger.com/why-are-kitchen-counters-36-inches-high-5206780
Aha!
But also, I find myself thinking that we should just go back to stand-alone cabinets that can be moved. I think they're more sustainable for a lot of reasons!
Agree. Especially in the era of standing desks that go up and down, why not have kitchen counters that do the same?
My first visit in 1994 to Villa Savoye included me having to go to the bathroom.
I remember vividly that I couldn’t open the door fully until I raised the toilet seat which called to question either the “machine for living” or simply the quality and attention to modern updates / toilet seat replacement!
Then, returning to Paris as faculty with students and taking them to tour Maison de Verre, our guide shared her observations on the sanitation of the home throughout the tour.
All this to say that… yes, I will read your book!
Also here is the work of the Maison de Verre guide on this subject: https://www.academia.edu/24391757/On_toilets_and_modernity_-an_interview_with_Mary_Vaughan_Johnson
The first time I was in the Maison de Verre Mary Johnson conducted the tour! I missed that article but have written about this before. Two articles you might enjoy:
https://authory.com/LloydAlter/Touring-the-Toilets-of-Le-Corbusier-acf324fd6e6004e0c9a17e8e896c2737b
From my archives, Treehugger took it down (I will restore on this site)
and from Treehugger (I wish I had seen Mary Johnson's article!)
https://www.treehugger.com/fighting-disease-design-maison-de-verre-4852833