Compartmentalized spaces
As several projects in this issue prove, the bathroom needn’t be a conventionally large open room in which functions are divided by glass screens. Steve Hunt of Owen Architecture describes the bathroom of Camp Hill Cottage (pictured and page 32) as an “occupied verandah” added to the existing cottage. The bath, shower, toilet and sink are segregated into recesses and cubicles, allowing the long, verandah-like breezeway to become a shared corridor freely accessed by the family. At Terrarium House (page 102), John Ellway similarly encourages social interaction during daily rituals such as teeth brushing by placing the vanity outside the upstairs bathroom, leaving the distinction between bedroom and bathroom intentionally ambiguous.