What's your personal take on shared full bathroom spaces vs private full bathroom spaces.
For example, some residential designs do not have master/primary bathrooms. Instead it's just one large bathroom with a large sink area, shower, and tub, and a separate toilet closet.
And then others have the typical private full bath for master/primary bedroom and shared full bath. See floor plan examples below
Shared Bathroom Example Below:
Private Bathroom Example Below:
Pros and Cons
Pros / Cons for Shared Bath (+) Less fixtures (+) Centralized location (+) Allows more space to be allocated to other rooms (-) Lacks privacy (-) Possibly not enough fixtures (Wait for shower, toilet, sink)
Pros / Cons for Private Bath (+) Full Privacy (+) Can utilize wetwall adjacent to shared bathroom (+) Provides additional fixtures (-) increases upfront cost of fixture count (-) increases floor area and walls (-) additional MEP systems required.
lol! I wish. Just curious to get other architects' opinions. I actually used to work in Japan and they had lots of shared bathrooms due to lack of space and cultural leanings (they really emphasized the bathtub location). But working in the US, complete opposite, they really love their own bathroom spaces, not even a separate toilet closet.
I enjoyed when I lived in Vienna that we had a bath/shower in the apartment (in the kitchen, honestly) and the WC outside the apartment, in a compartment in the corridor. Every apartment had their WC outside the unit, in the shared corridor. This made more sense to me, to keep the waste portion separate from the bathing activities.
Jun 15, 24 1:54 pm ·
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I visited Villa Savoie earlier this year and it was... a strange setup. Toilets were in their own tiny rooms, complete with door handles (but no way to wash your hands?). Then the bidets were basically exposed in the washrooms / bedrooms, without a door separating anything. As much as you can tell that hygiene played a huge role in the design, it's mostly figurative hygiene, not the kind that deals with bacteria and viruses, apparently. It felt very, very odd.
The WC absolutely has to include a place to wash your hands!
Jun 15, 24 11:43 pm ·
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That’s what the tank if for Donna. Very few people know of this life hack. On that note, a friend of mine lived in Lyon, France, and their toilet was in a tiny closet across the hall from a large bathroom. Sure, plenty of space in the other room for a throne and there was no sink with the toilet, but who’s going to argue with the French? The place also had orange carpet on the walls.
An early version of a sewer system in Europe, possibly in France. What about 4 bedroom 5 bath or more in real estate listings? Certain cultures have their favorite pastimes and rooms...
I've been designing and/or building homes and renovations in New England for 35 years (starting in high school) and I can count the number of clients who did not consider a dedicated master/primary bathroom to be absolutely essential on one hand. I, however, and my immediate family members have never had a dedicated master/primary bathroom and somehow we have survived.
Your Personal Take on Residential Bathroom Types
What's your personal take on shared full bathroom spaces vs private full bathroom spaces.
For example, some residential designs do not have master/primary bathrooms. Instead it's just one large bathroom with a large sink area, shower, and tub, and a separate toilet closet.
And then others have the typical private full bath for master/primary bedroom and shared full bath. See floor plan examples below
Shared Bathroom Example Below:
Private Bathroom Example Below:
Pros and Cons
Pros / Cons for Shared Bath
(+) Less fixtures
(+) Centralized location
(+) Allows more space to be allocated to other rooms
(-) Lacks privacy
(-) Possibly not enough fixtures (Wait for shower, toilet, sink)
Pros / Cons for Private Bath
(+) Full Privacy
(+) Can utilize wetwall adjacent to shared bathroom
(+) Provides additional fixtures
(-) increases upfront cost of fixture count
(-) increases floor area and walls
(-) additional MEP systems required.
when is your homework due?
lol! I wish. Just curious to get other architects' opinions. I actually used to work in Japan and they had lots of shared bathrooms due to lack of space and cultural leanings (they really emphasized the bathtub location). But working in the US, complete opposite, they really love their own bathroom spaces, not even a separate toilet closet.
Is it really a bathroom if there is no bath?
Shitter room.
I enjoyed when I lived in Vienna that we had a bath/shower in the apartment (in the kitchen, honestly) and the WC outside the apartment, in a compartment in the corridor. Every apartment had their WC outside the unit, in the shared corridor. This made more sense to me, to keep the waste portion separate from the bathing activities.
I visited Villa Savoie earlier this year and it was... a strange setup. Toilets were in their own tiny rooms, complete with door handles (but no way to wash your hands?). Then the bidets were basically exposed in the washrooms / bedrooms, without a door separating anything. As much as you can tell that hygiene played a huge role in the design, it's mostly figurative hygiene, not the kind that deals with bacteria and viruses, apparently. It felt very, very odd.
The WC absolutely has to include a place to wash your hands!
That’s what the tank if for Donna. Very few people know of this life hack. On that note, a friend of mine lived in Lyon, France, and their toilet was in a tiny closet across the hall from a large bathroom. Sure, plenty of space in the other room for a throne and there was no sink with the toilet, but who’s going to argue with the French? The place also had orange carpet on the walls.
Manual sewer systems
An early version of a sewer system in Europe, possibly in France.
What about 4 bedroom 5 bath or more in real estate listings? Certain cultures have their favorite pastimes and rooms...
Sometimes you pee
Sometimes you poop
Sometimes with glee
Sometimes with soup
I've been designing and/or building homes and renovations in New England for 35 years (starting in high school) and I can count the number of clients who did not consider a dedicated master/primary bathroom to be absolutely essential on one hand. I, however, and my immediate family members have never had a dedicated master/primary bathroom and somehow we have survived.
I love bidets. On the subject, I did this for a 6 kid bunk room a couple of years ago
paired showers for kids? seems more adult... or is it just two showers for a single?
yes, it was a weird request, didn't dig further.
Damnit my poem was funny
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