Abstract
This paper focuses on spaces used for personal hygiene in housing over the last hundred years. The paper begins with a description of the hygienic movement in the late 19th century. At that time urinating took place in semi-public spaces outside the dwelling. Today, the WC has moved well into the dwelling, and in many dwellings the bathroom has developed into being the most private space. Thus, the bathroom can be regarded as the last domain of privacy in today's housing, and in a number of new dwellings this quality is exploited in new ways. The development of ‘space for hygiene’ in the 20th century will be studied by analysing the spatial organisation of dwellings: Where and how has the space for hygiene been situated and designed in housing in different periods over the last hundred years?
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the International Conference of Asia Pacific Network for Housing Research, APNHR 2010 |
| Publisher | China Architecture & Building Press |
| Publication date | 2010 |
| Pages | 325-350 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9787112123285 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |