04
9 rules
Circulation & Flux
Passages, dégagements, fluidité
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The minimum width of a passage
Sixty centimetres to pass, ninety to cross paths
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The space in front of a sofa
Seventy-five to ninety centimetres to circulate without hindrance
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The kitchen work triangle
The golden rule of kitchen ergonomics, in service since 1940
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No piece of furniture should force a detour
If you walk around the same piece of furniture every day, the piece is badly placed
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The opening direction of doors
A door that opens the wrong way wastes a square metre
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The clearance zone in front of cupboards
Seventy-five to one hundred and twenty centimetres in front of any open cupboard
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Rugs and circulation zones
A rug in a circulation zone lifts up, slips and ages badly
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The corridor, give it a function
A bare corridor is wasted space, a dressed corridor becomes a room
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Observing your own lines of desire
The routes you follow reveal what is badly placed