Re: Need some ideas?

["Richard G. Combs" <richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com>]

Mike O.   wrote:

> Architects LOVE symmetry. Except for the ones that love asymmetry. But I
> think when it comes to restrooms, they all love symmetry more.
>
> I'm not sure where I heard this, but I have the awful feeling it was
> from Jared Spool during one of his presentations, explaining how to
> locate the facilities, that "In a large building, bathrooms are always
> adjacent in one of three dimensions."

This adjacency has little to do with love of symmetry. And they're usually
adjacent in more than one dimension.

In a multi-story building, the men's and women's bathrooms almost always
share a common wall and are stacked on top of each other so that the water
supply lines and waste pipes are kept together. This uses less pipe and
makes both the initial construction and ongoing maintenance easier.

Richard


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