| Design Process: Kitchen space then and now #16 | Sunday, 27 April 2014 | leave me ♥? |
My group mate have done her part on kitchen space on Chapter 1.
1.2: Kitchen spaces then and now
The importance of kitchen spaces is crucial as it defines the amount of storage there can be since there are no control over the space given in HDB flats. From here, a comparison between the kitchen space in HDB flats in the 1980s and recent years will be conducted.
Fig 1.2a A chart stating the sizes of HDB flats in the 1980s to the 2000s
Based on the chart in Fig 1.2a, there is a significant change in the floor area in the 2000s as compared to the 1980s.
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| Fig 1.2b 4-Room model ‘A’ HDB flat with area size of 105 square metres |
Fig 1.2c An average HDB flat size in 2008
Judging from the living space itself, it clearly states that HDB flats in the 1980s have bigger living space as it has a total of 105 square metres in a 4-room HDB flat whereas a 4-room HDB flat in the 2008s have a total area of only 90 square metres.
Fig 1.2d Demand for flats in the 1976s to 1991s
Fig 1.2e Demand for flats in the 2007s to 2009s Furthermore, the cause of the decrease in area space in HDB flats over the years were caused by the high demand of HDB flats.
Hence, from this research, it is proven that the living space of HDB flats now are getting significantly smaller as compared to old HDB flats. In addition, with the decrease in living space, the kitchen space will decrease together as well, as seen from Fig 1.2b and 1.2c, the layout of the flat has a outstanding difference in kitchen area size. With Singapore getting more and more developed over the years, the new HDB flat sizes are decreasing remarkably.
In my opinion, a country like Singapore with limited land spaces will be hard to make kitchen space spacious due to the population. The only way to solve this is to make full use of the space given. By having tools that have multiple functions rather than tools with less functions.