Cultural Influence on Kitchen Design: Integrating Architecture, Cuisine and Culture (Published)
In the current world of trends, modernity and globalization, designs are becoming increasingly standard and similar throughout the globe, while ignoring traditional architectural elements and artistic heritage. This research proposes an investigation into culturally connected domestic design, with a focus on kitchen spaces as cultural, functional, and social environments. This study takes information from architectural and cultural studies from Pakistan as well as comparative perspectives from Russian, South Korean and Chinese kitchens and examines how art and food culture can be incorporated into domestic design today. It uses qualitative analysis of existing literature and ends up with ways to combine traditional and cultural values with modern requirements. The main question of this research is how culture and tradition can be integrated into kitchens and homes today without compromising functionality. Furthermore, it explores how these cultural and traditional insights can promote sustainability and identity in living spaces.
Keywords: Domestic Spaces, food culture, functionality, kitchen design, traditional architecture