Globalization And Bathroom Design Ideas

Globalization And Bathroom Design Ideas

By Neil Gift


In the era of globalization bathroom design ideas should take into account various cultural priorities. Before the Olympic Games were held in Beijing in 2008 a special project was put into operation to make public bathrooms acceptable to the masses of foreigners who were expected. In a very short time research had been done and acceptable mold free, light and essentially clean facilities were in place. A global event had beneficial effects on a local community.

In China many people in the past have not had bathroom facilities in their private homes. This is behind the many palatial public bath houses that can be found around the country. These places offer some design and bathing ideas that may interest people in other cultures.

In expansive rooms devoted entirely to bathing people give up their clothes and, after showering, lounge in large baths containing water of different temperatures. After soaking they may have an attendant scrub their whole body and then enjoy a whole body massage before dining and sleeping, perhaps for the whole night.

The responses of western patrons to Chinese bath houses could be the subject of farce or satire. Some would be supercilious and others embarrassed. Such attitudes could reveal ignorance of the philosophy behind the bath houses. Those patrons who enjoy the experience could perhaps accept the notion that bathing should be a nexus of relaxed and enjoyable sensations.

Many bathrooms in England were so small in the past that large people had to bend their heads and move sideways to fit in. Bathing was accomplished entirely is some sort of crouching position. Expanse is one thing that can be imported from Chinese bath houses where stretching out the body is important. Even when physical space is limited effects can be created with the use of tiling, mirrors and ergonomically shaped fixtures. Windows might also be used to created the effect of garden features coming into the bathroom when conditions allow for it.

A water massage bed may be one idea for enabling useful and economical stretching even in a fairly limited space. This piece of equipment allows a body to stretch out on a narrow bed beneath shower heads. If a skilled attendant cannot be employed a willing partner might agree to scrub a body thoroughly while water flows over the body and out of drainage holes, taking dislodge dead skin with it. The skin is left as thoroughly clean and soft as it was when one was a baby.

Another good idea comes from the Middle East and other territories where bathrooms include hose pipes with nozzles sprays for cleaning the private parts after defecation. Using the sort of toilet paper that is used in the West is considered pretty disgusting over large parts of the world. A bit of thought might suggest to many people that the toilet paper industry is rather dubious when compared with the water cleaning methods preferred in the Orient.

Possibly designers could consider incorporating old ideas as new possibilities for rooms that reflect different attitudes to bathing. Instead of being places where boring chores are completed in privacy they can become spaces where luxurious sensations are enjoyed in an ambiance of freedom and luxury. The Internet is a good place to explore bathroom design ideas.




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