Design Critique

Toilet

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For some odd reason there are always as many men's toilets as there are women's toilets in public spaces. This strikes me because women need more time. Go to the cinema or public toilets at gas stations. There's always a queue of women lined up while men just fly in and out of the toilet. I think a ratio of 1:2 or 1:3 (for men:women) would be much more efficient.Of course there are places (football stadiums to use a cliché) where men outnumber women, but in places where the ratio M/W is equal, toilets should be redesigned in a different ratio.

 


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Placed by janpeeters
on Thursday August 14 2008 8:33:29 pm

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  • lililamalice

    lililamalice wrote: Aug 15 2008 6:51 pm I think women also take more time because they have to undress as opposed to men who just open their fly... As well as ration it might be a matter of finding alternative solution for women to be able to pee standing up with minimum clothing removal.. now i'm not sure how that would be possible though. TRANSLATE 

  • meatredesignme

    meatredesignme wrote: Aug 15 2008 7:02 pm I agree with liliamalice. As far as I'm concerned though, you're mainly addressing a problem of clothing as opposed to toilets and their design (granted they cannot be regarded completely autonomously from one another).
    I was thinking that it might make sense to reduce the size of toilets in general, leaving more room for the ladies toilets to expand in.
    My idea is to have the "pissoirs" opposing one another, separated by a wall, so that you cannot see whether someone is on the other side or not (question of overcoming inhibitions). The advantage over say, a wall mounted system is, that one might be able to use one and the same flushing system, as well as the same drain.     TRANSLATE 

  • meatredesignme

    meatredesignme wrote: Aug 18 2008 4:45 pm http://varutstallning08.konstf... TRANSLATE 

  • mwitter

    mwitter wrote: Aug 25 2008 9:50 pm What about the Sphinx' urinoir for women ('Lady P': http://www.delta.tudelft.nl/ar... for instance (needs less space for women toilets).

    And perhaps combine this with delicately mixing man/women toilets and still keeping privacy by changing arrangement of objects. I actually think the main need for men/women separation are the practices in front of the mirror and the sink.     TRANSLATE 

  • mwitter

    mwitter wrote: Aug 25 2008 11:00 pm is there an English version of the page you mention, or a picture or something? I could try translating to German, but to be quite frank, I'm a little too lazy ... TRANSLATE 

  • mwitter

    mwitter wrote: Aug 26 2008 10:09 am I found an English version at http://www.msmagazine.com/aug9...
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  • mwitter

    mwitter wrote: Oct 15 2008 8:55 pm In vliegtuigen spenderen vrouwen ook aanzienlijk meer tijd op de toilet dan mannen.

    Het verschil in tijd is bij Franse en Asiatische toiletten veel geringer dan bij toiletten in andere landen/werelddelen.

    Reden is dat bij Franse toiletten de vrouwen ook moeten staan.

    Uitbreiding van de overige ruimtes zoals make-up ruimte zou dus aanzienlijk bijdragen aan de oplossing van het probleem
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  • mwitter

    mwitter wrote: Oct 16 2008 1:46 pm Architects are all male? Just like designers of kitchen appliances never seem to cook themselves. I am pleased to see many ladies waiting in line taking over the 'mens' to solve the problem. 'men' and 'ladies' are just signs after all. TRANSLATE 

  • mwitter

    mwitter wrote: Oct 29 2008 8:41 am Kijk daar ben ik het nou ontzettend mee eens, ik drink behoorlijk wat water op een dag, en dan moet je gewoon heel vaak naar het toilet.

    En dames hebben gewoon wat meer handelingen dan een man die hoeven vaak alleen maar hun gulp open te doen toch     TRANSLATE 



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