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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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Waschtischlösung anbieten, sodass eine gestalterisch<br />

wie auch klimatisch günstige Verbindung<br />

zum Schlafbereich gegeben ist. Immer öfter wird<br />

das WC gänzlich ausgegliedert oder zumindest<br />

deutlich abgesetzt, etwa durch eine als Raumteiler<br />

dienende Heizung, wie von Zehnder vorgeschlagen,<br />

oder durch eine Vorwandinstallation,<br />

die in den Raum hineinragt.<br />

Wieder andere Raumkonzepte nehmen ihren<br />

Ausgangspunkt von einer minimalistischen Armatur<br />

und stellen das Wasser in den Mittelpunkt<br />

eines mal mehr lustbetonten, mal eher kontemplativen<br />

Entwurfs. Unter den Letzteren sind die<br />

Entwürfe zu den Armaturenprogrammen von<br />

Dornbracht, Mem und Elemental Spa schon<br />

Legende. Andere Raumkonzepte nehmen den<br />

offenen, fließenden Raum als Gestaltungsprinzip<br />

auf, ohne zonische Differenzierungen einz<strong>up</strong>lanen;<br />

Badewannen und sogar Duschen lassen<br />

sich heute völlig frei im Schlafraum platzieren,<br />

wie etwa die Musterbeispiele raumgreifend<br />

inszenierter Badewannen von Kaldewei zeigen.<br />

Aber es geht nicht nur um Trennwände, Schiebetüren<br />

und vielfältige Holzdekore, die das Baddesign<br />

mit den übrigen Wohnbereichen verbinden.<br />

Der Wandel ist tiefgreifender und zieht sich<br />

bis hinunter zu Konzeption und Design der Pro-<br />

Yet other layout concepts take a minimalist fitting<br />

as their starting point and make the water<br />

the focal point of a sometimes pleasure-oriented,<br />

sometimes more contemplative design. In<br />

the latter category, the designs of the fitting collections<br />

from Dornbracht, Mem and Elemental<br />

Spa are already legendary. Other concepts take<br />

the open, flowing space as their design principle,<br />

without incorporating differentiated zones;<br />

today bathtubs and even showers can be<br />

positioned anywhere in the bedroom, as<br />

demonstrated by the prime examples of<br />

space-sculpting bathtubs from Kaldewei.<br />

Geberit, Aqua Clean 8000plus (<strong>ISH</strong>11_VDS_T1_0206)<br />

But there’s more to it than dividing walls, sliding<br />

doors and diverse wood décors that link the bathroom<br />

design with the rest of the living areas. The<br />

change is more far-reaching than that and even<br />

extends to the concept and design of the products<br />

themselves. This evolutionary leap is most<br />

evident from the bathtub, which has developed<br />

from a purely “negative” form, i.e. a hollow body<br />

that required a (usually tiled) border and connection<br />

with the wall, into an independent, sculptural<br />

object that can be positioned anywhere in<br />

the room. To the same end, the shower has been<br />

reduced to such an extent that it can be implemented<br />

as a level-access space within a space<br />

and is becoming a purely architectural element.

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