Living Tomorrow:
The Keller Kitchen of the future
Living Tomorrow is a completely new concept that aims to show how we will live and work in the future - realistically! It is a joint project between different organisations where each demonstrates, in their own field of expertise, how social and technological developments will affect our lifestyle, housing and work.
The building consists of a House of the Future with, for example, a Kitchen of the Future, an Office of the Future and an event complex. During the five-year exhibition, it will be open to the contributors, participants, their guests and the general public.
Keller really is Living Tomorrow, today!
Living Tomorrow is a vision of how people will be living and working in the future and is realised by leading edge companies like Keller Kitchens. The company has created the Living Tomorrow kitchen, a multifunctional centre of the home that has evolved to be a highly flexible space that can adapt to changing emotions and patterns in socialising, entertaining or generally living.
The Living Tomorrow complex in Amsterdam, Holland, is a permanent, evolving exhibition that has already proved highly successful. The project provides visitors and the media with a tangible and realistic picture of the future and is helping to define the economic, technological and social trends that are shaping our destiny. It provides important input for participants like Keller by validating extensive R&D efforts and visionary solutions.
Keller's highly flexible kitchen of the future is divided into five zones: cooking, washing, storing, provision and meal preparation. These functions are emphasised by using different colours and materials. Hard and cold materials correspond with functional options (convenience), while soft and warm materials correspond with the homey and emotional elements in the kitchen (pleasure).
As cooking has become more and more popular as a pleasurable activity, so the Keller kitchen has become a pleasure to 'work' in! The kitchen is designed to distinguish between pleasure cooking and convenience cooking. It's a place for chat and entertainment in the evening or weekend; it's a place for convenience cooking and quick breakfasts in the week!
The kitchen also reflects different uses. For example, the breakfast unit is built of piled-up elements where appliances for cooling and/or heating of food are available together with storage space for food and crockery. Unlike the conventional kitchen concept, where units are planned next to each other, vertical elements allow smaller spaces to be used more easily for the essential compartments and all the lower units are provided with telescopic and ergonomic baskets, which optimise the availability of their contents. Matching the rounded forms of the kitchen, the easy-to-use rubber door handles are child-friendly and not easily damaged.
In delivering the Living Tomorrow kitchen, Keller worked with other leading names: Blum, Atag, Dekker Zevenhuizen, Reginox Roestvrijstaal and Enthoven Associates. In the not too-distant future, a number of aspects of the Living Tomorrow kitchen will be available as part of the Keller range.