The Prefab Bathroom : An Architectural History

Schneiderman, Deborah/ Som, Bishakh Kumar

McFarland & Co Inc（2014/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 136 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786476008
• DDC分類 690.42

Full Description

This congenial graphic architectural history examines the significance of the prefab bathroom in the history of prefabricated technologies in the built environment. The cultural aspects of ritual and sanitary necessities of hygiene have added to complexities in bathroom design, and driven the development of various alternative construction methods, specifically prefabrication.

First introduced with Buckminister Fuller's 1936 Dymaxion Bathroom, and subsequently revisited by many architects and designers, the prefab model has expanded to "pod" and "plug-in" concepts on the building- and city-scale.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

01 A Brief History of the Bathroom

02 Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Prefab Prototype

03 The Influence of Modernism on Prefab Architecture

04 Plastic and Polyester

05 Prefab Inside Out

06 Prefab Bathroom Now

Conclusion

Prefab Architects of Note

Bibliography

Index