The joys of cooking: a system that encourage preparing food

Abstract

International students living abroad miss the tastes of home food while they are trying to familiarise themselves with the new flavours and feelings of the country where they are studying. They desire to cook in their dorms and apartments, but they are limited by space and time to acquire a proper cooking workstation. This led the author to explore the challenges and problems of international students studying abroad. On the other hand, the objective of the study is to help and encourage young people to keep cooking and find the joy in cooking in a limited space, while also improving the efficiency and convenience of cooking by having to choose the necessary modular kitchen systems. The data to support this approach were collected via face-to-face group discussions as well as surveys conducted on social media. From the results, it concluded that 80% of international students would like to choose and customize the necessary kitchen parts independently and prefer it to fit in small spaces, thereby helping and encouraging people to cook. This article explores a modular kitchen system that can grow in the future. To meet the purpose of user self-selection, the users choose the parts they need, design, and assemble a unique cooking island according to the room layout, as fun as playing the Lego system. It is easy to convert and also maximize the use of limited space. When the users move to a larger area and want to perfect their kitchens, they will not need to discard the original modules, but only need to assemble new modules according to their needs. The modular system allows the users to combine and place functional areas according to their habits to achieve efficient cooking