Designing Public Toilets

In recent years, bathrooms have been subject to greater attention on the part of designers, who give full rein to their creativity to turn bathrooms into an experience for the senses imbued with great artistic value. This book presents a selection of very diverse projects in which toilets enjoy special status as a vehicle for emotions, various artistic and cultural expressions, corporate values and requirement of different social groups. Over the course of four chapters ? Leisure and Culture, Residential Bathrooms, Working Environment and Commuting Spaces ? the book follows a global survey of bathrooms belonging to different types of buildings, including bars, theatres, gyms, public institutions, airports and train stations, with special emphasis on the means used to bring together creativity and functionality.