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Bad Design Project

Bad Design Project. Jack He EDSGN 100 Section 006 Ming-Chuan Chiu. Public Bathroom stalls are very confined. - Section 405.3.1 of the International Plumbing Code(2006 edition) requires that toilet stalls not be smaller than 30 inches wide by 60 inches long. .

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Bad Design Project

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  1. Bad Design Project Jack He EDSGN 100 Section 006 Ming-Chuan Chiu

  2. Public Bathroom stalls are very confined -Section 405.3.1 of the International Plumbing Code(2006 edition) requires that toilet stalls not be smaller than 30 inches wide by 60 inches long.

  3. Stalls leave little room to maneuver • It is only required to have 21” between the front of the toilet and the door of the stall. So if the door itself is let’s say 20” in length, then you would have a 1”gap to close the door.

  4. Certain solutions are impractical or may cause harm Enlarged stall Outward-swinging door

  5. Folding doors would solve the issue of cramped bathroom stalls • My solution is to have the doors fold to one side. • The doors will be sectioned off into 4 part with a rubber material connecting adjacent parts. • The rubber sections would allow the door to be folded to one side. • This allows for more room inside the stall for people to maneuver. • This also prevents the problem of hitting any passerby with the door. • The size of the stall is still unchanged so no extra space is wasted unnecessarily.

  6. A Sketch of my new design • Although this new design solves many previous issues it creates new issues as well. It has more movable parts and therefore is easier to break and requires more maintenance. • Also, this new door would cost more than the previous one because it requires more assembly. • Overall however, I believe the positives of this new design outweigh the negatives.

  7. References • http://www.pdhengineer.com/courses/bd/M-4002.pdf (Facts on slide 2, partial use of images from slides 2-5) • http://joshandjosh.typepad.com/josh_josh_are_rich_and_fa/2008/02/index.html (Picture on slide 1)

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