The Tale of the Bathroom and the Consumer
Yash Akhouri
The bathroom has seen many transitional phases in design, purpose and importance. From being a space that was left to outhouses to a heart-like feature for the home and then a more serviceable space it has changed quite a bit. The occupancy and atmosphere of this particular space have seen many changes as well, it started off as this communal space with little sanitation interventions and now is what most people call, ” the only private time I get in my day.” There are many design variants of the bathroom that took the consumerist world by storm and led to a variety of designs that were based around sanitation and culture. To squat or not is an analysis of the cultural differences in toilet designs between Eastern and Western society and gives us insight into the ideologies that ruled these worlds. The research done in the “10 houses by Frank Lloyd Wright” is an analysis of the western world and how the placement and amount of toilets in designed Usonian homes changed over time. The main findings after analysing both research topics are that after World War 2 the bathroom became essential in the household, it started off as being a central idea that everyone could access but then we see it move away from the ground floor and become exclusive for property owners, the ground floor started introducing the idea of powder rooms for guests and was limited to a toilet and a sink. The privacy gradient of the bathroom developed into an idea of status.
Bathrooms: from luxury to common appliance?
A summary of the Barbara Penner text the Bathroom, chapter 3 the rational bathroom. An exploration of how the bathroom went from a communal space to a thing of luxury, to a consumerists dream which was intervened by design and social reform.
To squat or not? Global perspectives on the toilets
An exploration of the differences between eastern and western ideologies of sanitation and the toilet.
The 10 House by Frank Lloyd Wright and their Bathrooms
An analysis on the placement, interior design and ideas behind the design of the bathrooms in the Usonian homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
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