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I'm sketching another photobash, this time a scene of a solarpunk kitchen, and I wanted to make sure I didn't miss an opportunity to include something cool.

My current plan is for this one to be a kind of summer kitchen (like old farmhouses around here used to have) which doubles as a three season porch. I think a lot of the elements could fit a normal kitchen, but some will compliment each other well with this design so it might be a good place to start (and it fits my theme of reexamining older ways of doing things for opportunities to reuse).

My current list of elements:

  • a Tamara Solar Kitchen -style oven cooker

  • A glass wall (and bit of roof) for growing plants and overwintering sensitive fruit trees

  • A solar hot water rig on the roof

  • Some sort of plan for compost (currently just a resealable bucket on a counter, but for those of you who know more about composting, I'm happy to build in your dream system)

  • A sitting area since people always hang out in the kitchen while you're cooking anyways.

  • Maybe a parabolic grill set up outside, we'll see if that feels redundant.

I feel like I'm missing a bunch of opportunities, so if you have any ideas, now's a great time to add stuff

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[–] JacobCoffinWrites 2 points 1 year ago

I think you're going to like this design! I made the south wall and part of the roof kind of a greenhouse glass structure, lined with shelves of herbs! And some other plants. I think I'm getting near the end of this photobash - most of the big elements are in place, I'm mostly just hunting up all the kitchen clutter to fill the shelves and counters, and then I can start the details stage, where I make all the little tweaks and recoloring to geet the light right. I was hoping to finish today but it'll probably be Monday