Are you looking to enhance the restroom experience for building occupants and guests while attempting something unique? Check out these three simple yet out-of-the-box commercial bathroom design ideas to find inspiration for your own renovations.
Embrace Industrial Styles
The industrial aesthetic is a popular renovation style for bathrooms in residential buildings. However, the industrial style’s design elements are quite applicable—and beneficial—for commercial restrooms. Some key traits of the industrial aesthetic include bright tile flooring, exposed fixtures, excess ambient lighting, metal, and stone construction materials like copper or limestone, and freestanding handwashing stations.
Ultimately, this raw yet sanitized design creates a calming and welcoming bathroom ambiance for patrons. Additionally, construction materials like copper are naturally antimicrobial and help prevent bacteria growth, lingering odors, and many other unhygienic restroom problems. Provide your building’s lavatories with a clean and pleasant bathroom experience by considering various industrial elements and styles.
Upgrade Your Partitions
Upgrading restroom stall partitions might not seem like an out-of-the-box idea—in fact, it’s so simple that it makes sense for buildings to consider these enhancements. However, far too many commercial restrooms neglect their stall partitions, ultimately weakening patrons’ bathroom experience. Partitions, or stall walls, are the one form of privacy for restroom guests using the toilet.
Unfortunately, most bathroom stalls feature freestanding partitions with partially visible sightlines into the private space. These sightlines, regardless of size, detract from a patron’s sense of comfort and privacy. Instead, consider implementing large floor-to-ceiling partitions that provide a totally private water closet. This is an aesthetic choice utilized by luxury hotels and private clubs to give their commercial restrooms a grandiose ambiance. For a small cost and minimal renovation work, you can easily copy this aesthetic and enhance your bathroom experience.
Go Fully Touchless
The future of commercial restrooms is touchless, so it’s worth embracing this technology now and building a touchless commercial bathroom. This is because sensor-activated restroom fixtures like automatic hand dryers or sink faucets are far more hygienic, energy efficient, and accessible compared to traditional bathroom elements. Additionally, switching to automated equipment can save your custodial staff time, money, and energy spent on restocking and maintaining various restroom features. Finally, a touchless experience shows building visitors, occupants, or clients that you are a quality business with industry-leading technologies.
Consider these out-of-the-box commercial bathroom design ideas to ensure a better patron experience overall. Remember to include your own charm and style when choosing decor, fixtures, and other building elements!
