Opening in the centre is a bit more fiddly to open when you only have one free hand, since you need to push two things out of the way. Not such a problem if it’s light enough to comfortably open just by walking through, with your shoulder or foot or something.
Closing them behind you is worse, since they’re not even next to each other. Unless it self-closes, but then you may find yourself keeping it open with your body as you go through.
One in, one out is worse again, since you need to push one part and pull the other.
Maybe double hinge, opening towards the kitchen? Has a smaller swing than the other way. One thing I don’t like about it is that if you push on the outer edge, you likely only open half the door; but again, that’s less of a problem opening towards the kitchen (because the outer section is smaller).
Problem: You might find yourself accidently folding it too much, and banging the outer edge against the corner that it’s meant to fold around.
I’m not sure how feasible this is, but could you have a hinge on the middle of the door that’s locked in place until something puts pressure on a point near the hinge? Then that pressure could be supplied by (something jutting out from?) the corner the door is meant to be bending around. It acts like a single solid door until it reaches full swing, and only then the annoying extra bit separates to fold around.
Opening in the centre is a bit more fiddly to open when you only have one free hand, since you need to push two things out of the way. Not such a problem if it’s light enough to comfortably open just by walking through, with your shoulder or foot or something.
Closing them behind you is worse, since they’re not even next to each other. Unless it self-closes, but then you may find yourself keeping it open with your body as you go through.
One in, one out is worse again, since you need to push one part and pull the other.
Maybe double hinge, opening towards the kitchen? Has a smaller swing than the other way. One thing I don’t like about it is that if you push on the outer edge, you likely only open half the door; but again, that’s less of a problem opening towards the kitchen (because the outer section is smaller).
Problem: You might find yourself accidently folding it too much, and banging the outer edge against the corner that it’s meant to fold around.
I’m not sure how feasible this is, but could you have a hinge on the middle of the door that’s locked in place until something puts pressure on a point near the hinge? Then that pressure could be supplied by (something jutting out from?) the corner the door is meant to be bending around. It acts like a single solid door until it reaches full swing, and only then the annoying extra bit separates to fold around.