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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They are, in places where the houses are built with bricks and concrete.
Also, open plan does not do well in places where the food is cooked with more spices since the aroma gets spread. So, say in The Indian subcontinent, pretty much every home has a separate kitchen, which is much smaller than an American one and the dining area is lumped with the living room/drawing room.
Newer homes often have open plan kitchens which then go on to become headaches since you have to be very careful about prep and cooking while having company.
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