Re-designing the Bathroom - Iteration 9

 Beginning to think about the different spaces within the bathroom in terms of amount of time spent within it relating to it's size. Still has the progression from most used to least used for me personally, but I have started to re-size the bathroom to be the smallest space, and the sink to be the largest - since it is where I spend most of my bathroom time. The shower space is a mid-size between the shower and sink.

 (above x 1 and below x 3) Elevations. Sink (aqua), shower (green) and bath (pink).

 Perspective view of Iteration 9, the differences in size between the spaces of the bathroom are evident.

Plan view of Iteration 9, with the entrance into the bathroom closest to the viewer. Once again, the sizes of the bathroom make evident the amount of time spent in each space.

Summary of Iterations to date

 Iteration 1

 Iteration 2

 Iteration 2.2 

Iteration 2.3

 Iteration 3

 Iteration 3

 Iteration 4.1

 Iteration 4.2

 Iteration 5

 Iteration 6

 Iteration 7

Iteration 8

Re-designing the bathroom - Iteration 8

 

Plan view of Iteration 8.

 (above x 1 and above x 3) Elevations of Iteration 8.

 Perspective view of whole form.

 Plan view of Iteration 8, with Entry closest to the viewer. Progression from sink (aqua) to shower (green) to bath (pink) is evident. I've also tried to take into consideration privacy, with the shower and bath becoming cocoons of personal space.

Labeled plan of Iteration 8. Highlights the different spaces and relationships between these.

Re-designing the bathroom_Iteration 4.1

Iteration 4.1 looks at the form of the bathroom through analysis and reflection of the bathroom diary, translation of movements within the diary into shape and form and transformation of form into spatial gesture. 

Sketch of original movement diagram which heavily influence the form of Iteration 4. This highlights the comparison between the movements I make and space I use within the bathroom, and the rectangular room provided.

Re-designing the bathroom_Iteration 2.2 & 2.3

Iteration 2.2

 The bath has become a small vessel at the end of the progression through the bathroom. Now, because of the size of the sink, the shower and the bath are both on the outside of the existing structure.

 A view from the outside of the existing bathroom, showing shower and bath on the outside of the existing structure.

 Plan view showing size of sink, shower and bath.

 Progression from largest segment of time (sink) to smallest (bath).

 And again, from the outside of existing structure. 

Iteration 2.3

 Reducing the width of the sink so the progression from sink to bath is possible without leaving the red surface area.

 A view from the outside of the existing structure - as you can see the outside remains unchanged.

 The width of the sink has been reduced in half.

Overall view of the bathroom from the outside - what was private is now public having penetrated the existing structure.

Idea for Iteration 2 development_sketch

Just a quick sketch to show what I mean by duration and size of sink etc. 

Re-designing the bathroom_Iteration 2

 Beginning to create the progressive bathroom based on the Bathroom Diary and duration spent within the bathroom. Shows how design would have to penetrate existing structure.

 Plan view of new intervention - progression from sink to shower to bath - only diagrammatic at present.

Perspective view of proposed design in diagram form.

Ideas I have had which will follow on from this:

Duration dictates size of sink, bath, shower etc. Bath smallest, sink largest.

Create a ribbon.

WQould like it to be a progression - walk through the sink to the shower and further to the bath etc. 

Re-designing the bathroom_Iteration 1

 Translating the movement diagrams into a 3-dimensional space.

 Working drawings showing progress of the space formation. Work in progress.

 Below and above, demonstrating the space formation in relation to the existing bathroom. This shows the areas of my bathroom I used over a week-long period.

Movement Diagrams_Rediscovering the Bathroom_Overlayed

 Previous work I did completed. Showing a week of movement diagrams over-layed on top of eachother - this visualizes the space within the bathroom that is used throughout a week. 

 Highlighting the areas that are occupied often - structure and occupancy is white. This diagram visually demonstrates that the sink is the most used area, followed by the shower and lastly the bath.

 Here I am demonstrating the form in plan of the movement taking place within the bathroom. This diagram has no concept of time though, it is a flat form.

And once again, just showing the plan-form without the existing walls and structures. It is drawn purely from movement. It also suggests that it is quite an awkward form to negotiate - or that the bathroom is an awkward layout. This is reinforced in Re-configuring the Bathroom diagrams, where the conclusion is that the bathroom layout is as such because the products cannot fit in the room (the Bathroom) any other way.