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My favorite place - Trendbook Pop up my Bathroom | Issue 01/2011 ISH 2011

Today’s bathrooms are no longer chilly, wipe-clean functional cells. Bathrooms are turning into living space. As simple as this meanwhile ubiquitously manifest megatrend might sound, its impact on the sanitary industry and the conceptual possibilities for bathroom design are nothing short of revolutionary. As a result, expectations of the aesthetics and functionality of contemporary bathroom design are growing. Accordingly, there will be more than “just” new products on show at the world’s leading fair for the sanitary industry, the ISH in Frankfurt. For it is not the bathtub that is being reinvented, but the entire bathroom.

Today’s bathrooms are no longer chilly, wipe-clean functional cells. Bathrooms are turning into living space. As simple as this meanwhile ubiquitously manifest megatrend might sound, its impact on the sanitary industry and the conceptual possibilities for bathroom design are nothing short of revolutionary. As a result, expectations of the aesthetics and functionality of contemporary bathroom design are growing. Accordingly, there will be more than “just” new products on show at the world’s leading fair for the sanitary industry, the ISH in Frankfurt. For it is not the bathtub that is being reinvented, but the entire bathroom.

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Funktionsbox mehr, die auf möglichst kleinstem<br />

Raum seine Grundbedürfnisse in ergonomischer<br />

Weise erfüllt, sondern einen Raum für<br />

vielfältige Aktivitäten in einem intimen Rahmen:<br />

ein Zimmer mit unterschiedlichen Zonen, die<br />

der Hygiene, der lustvollen Körperpflege, der<br />

Fitness, dem Styling oder der geistigen und<br />

körperlichen Regeneration dienen können.<br />

Das Bad ist zu einem eigenständigen Wohnraum<br />

geworden. Wie Küche und Wohnzimmer<br />

werden heute Bad und Schlafbereich als zusammengehörend<br />

empfunden und immer<br />

häufiger als ineinander übergehende Räume<br />

realisiert. Nicht nur der Trend zum Homing ist<br />

dafür verantwortlich, auch die Hotelkultur mit<br />

ihren oftmals originellen Designlösungen für<br />

wohnlich-behagliche Arrangements hat die<br />

Erwartungshaltung an das private Bad geprägt.<br />

Moderne Programme sind heute auf die individuelle<br />

Umsetzung von Raumkonzepten ausgerichtet.<br />

Mit ihnen lässt sich das Bad in verschiedene<br />

Zonen unterteilen, etwa in einen mit<br />

Dusche und WC ausgestatteten Bereich zur<br />

Reinigung und einen zur Entspannung. Letzterer<br />

kann etwa die Badewanne zum Mittelpunkt<br />

nehmen und eine großzügige, komfortable<br />

The bathroom has become independent living<br />

space in its own right. Like the kitchen and living<br />

room, the bathroom and sleeping area are<br />

today perceived as belonging together and are<br />

increasingly being implemented as interlinking<br />

spaces. And it isn’t just the “Homing” trend<br />

that is responsible for this development: hotel<br />

culture and its often original design solutions<br />

for cosy and comfortable arrangements has<br />

shaped people’s expectations of the private<br />

bathroom too. Today’s modern collections are<br />

geared towards the individual implementation<br />

of layout concepts. They can be used to subdivide<br />

the bathroom into various zones, perhaps<br />

into a shower-and-toilet area for hygiene<br />

and another area for relaxation. The latter<br />

might take the bathtub as its focal point and<br />

include a spacious, luxurious basin solution<br />

that provides the suitable design and climate<br />

for a harmonious connection with the sleeping<br />

area. The toilet is increasingly being separated<br />

off completely or at least visibly set apart from<br />

the rest of the room, perhaps by means of a<br />

radiator that doubles as a room divider, as<br />

proposed by Zehnder, or via a plumbing<br />

wall element that projects into the room.<br />

Bette, Cubo Silhoutte (<strong>ISH</strong>11_VDS_T1_0202)

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