The Universal Design Kitchen features design principles and appliances intended to accommodate people with a range of physical and cognitive abilities.
The studio which replaces a kitchen-design space that opened as a collaboration between the university and the kitchen industry in 1998 is launching with a broadened mission as well as two new kitchens furnished with appliances and other products donated by a range of corporations in the residential design industry.
The signature space the Universal Design Kitchen is intended to accommodate multigenerational households. The kitchen was designed by residential environments and design students, who incorporated planning for aging-in-place and variations in physical and cognitive abilities into their layout and product selection .
The main sink includes racks to provide adjustable depths for users of various heights. Cabinets raise and lower with the press of buttons. A cabinet for trash and recycling opens with just the coax of a finger or when a cook’s hands are dripping with raw chicken juice the touch of a knee.
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