Deaf people like their living areas to be open without walls so they can use American Sign Language (ASL) for visual communication.  Instead of rooms such as kitchen, dining and living room being enclosed with walls, Deaf people prefer no or few walls so they can communicate via sign language across rooms.

In Larry, Amrit and Raveena’s house the kitchen was separated from the living and dining room by walls like this:

For better visual communication, Larry and Amrit removed the walls of the kitchen, now the kitchen, living and dinning room is one open area. Now Larry, Amrit and Raveena can easily communicate from anywhere in the kitchen, dining room and living room.