COVID-19 offers another argument in favor of single-stall bathrooms
The COVID-19 pandemic has necessarily prompted a rethinking of many of the most fundamental aspects of daily life around the world, as people, businesses, and governments seek to retrofit the built environment in order to minimize the potential for future exposure. Everything from HVAC systems, office spaces, grocery stores, shopping areas, and universities will need to be rethought, experts argue, with wide-ranging and yet-to-be-known changes in store for how we live our everyday lives. Previously on Archinect: COVID-19 should lead to lasting design code improvements of public bathrooms, experts say.Another arena that is due to be seriously reconsidered is that of the public bathroom, where open toilet stalls and open-top toilets are known to generate unhygienic "toilet plumes" that aerosolize fecal matter and potentially, diseases within these spaces. A recent Fast Company report delves into the approaches that some bathroom fixture manufacturers are taking while retooling their ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has necessarily prompted a rethinking of many of the most fundamental aspects of daily life around the world, as people, businesses, and governments seek to retrofit the built environment in order to minimize the potential for future exposure.
Everything from HVAC systems, office spaces, grocery stores, shopping areas, and universities will need to be rethought, experts argue, with wide-ranging and yet-to-be-known changes in store for how we live our everyday lives.
Another arena that is due to be seriously reconsidered is that of the public bathroom, where open toilet stalls and open-top toilets are known to generate unhygienic "toilet plumes" that aerosolize fecal matter and potentially, diseases within these spaces.
A recent Fast Company report delves into the approaches that some bathroom fixture manufacturers are taking while retooling their ...
