Effectiveness and efficiency of kitchen space reviewed from the kitchen triangle concept in small flats case study ‘Rusunawa’ Manis Jaya, Tangerang city, Banten

Abstract

The increase in population led to the narrowness of the land mainly for housing and settlement needs. Therefore the presence of housing and settlements vertically is one of the alternative solutions in solving this problem, one of which is the apartment project targeting low income citizen (MBR). But in fact in most cases in big cities, precisely due to the narrow residential area, many cause new problems such as narrow space and also the function of space so that space becomes ineffective and inefficient. This research was conducted with the aim to examine the effectiveness and efficiency of kitchen space as one of the space facilities that support family needs in food in simple flat unit with a case study of Rusunawa Manis Jaya, Tangerang City. The method used in this research is comparing the condition of existing kitchen space in flat units in Rusunawa Manis Jaya with the parameters about the effectiveness and efficiency of the kitchen space by using the kitchen triangle concept issued by the National Kitchen and Bath Association with the aim of producing a recommendation that can be used by managers, designers and users in designing the kitchen to support users in terms of effectiveness and efficiency of kitchen activities in the kitchen itself. From the results of the research on the effectiveness and efficiency of the kitchen space based on the kitchen triangle concept, it can be concluded that the kitchen space in the Rusunawa Manis Jaya unit has met the standard from the space requirements, but has not fully met all these parameters issued by National Kitchen and Bath Association so that the effectiveness and efficiency of the kitchen space in the flat unit in Rusunawa Manis Jaya is still not compatible with the parameters.