Eli5: why aren’t kitchens in closed off rooms

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Kitchens are typically open, connected and viewable from another aspect of a house. I understand that that’s a pro for ventilation however, if a kitchen fire were to start, wouldn’t it be better to have it be in a closed off room that you can just easily shut a door too? For example, if a kitchen was placed in an area that could be used as a bedroom, wouldn’t that be good for stopping the spread of a fire if one were to occur?

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A kitchen with a single entrance is a horrible idea. You want the room that is easily the most likely to catch fire to have only one entrance? Absolutely fuck that. That’s the exact opposite of good design. For a kitchen, if the house is big, the more exits a kitchen has the merrier.

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