Architects’ Guide: How to Design Better Bathrooms for Commercial Spaces

Architects’ Guide: How to Design Better Bathrooms for Commercial Spaces

This is an HSW-approved course; attendees are eligible for AIA credits. Please enter your AIA number when you register and allow 5-7 business days after the event's conclusion to receive your certificate via email.

Google the phrase “washroom design trends,” and you will get results that include functional design, ADA compliance, low-maintenance materials, privacy, transgender accommodation and a warm, high-end feel.

This course focuses on commercial washroom and bathroom design, including disability accommodation; bather/use privacy; the problems of mold, mildew and hygiene; and solid surface as a material alternative to help keep bathrooms and showers cleaner.

Learning Objectives

In this webinar, you'll learn how to:

• Discover the three key design trends driving bathroom design and renovation.
• Integrate accommodation and universal design principles to commercial washroom and shower design.
• Explain the key challenges faced in bathroom design regarding accommodation, privacy, the fight against mold and the cleanliness and hygiene in the space.
• Master the characteristics of solid surface as a material choice for both new construction or renovation of washrooms

About Travis Aldridge

Travis Aldridge has been in the solid surface industry since 1996. During that time his career has covered virtually all aspects of the industry from engineering solid surface materials, plant layout, machine design, engineering solid surface product lines, mold designs, sales of solid surface products, project management, to presenting information to the architect and design community. Since 2005, he has focused on designing and promoting commercial solid surface shower products with an emphasis on ADA code compliance. With this experience he brings not only compliance information but years of hands-on project management experience in the construction industry.

Host: Hannah Feniak

Hannah Feniak is Architizer’s Managing Editor. When she’s not leading our talented team of writers and interviewing the industry’s most innovative designers, Hannah is likely to be found exploring the latest exhibition openings. A trained art historian and educator with a focus on architecture and urbanism, Hannah holds degrees from McGill University in Montreal and NYU.

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