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Ever wonder how tomorrow’s bathrooms would look like? Will they be radically different from the ones we have today? What technologies would these futuristic bathrooms incorporate?
Here are some concepts that could give you some idea about what is in store. If you come across some ideas that you think need to be featured here, please mention them in the comments. Also we run a steady stream of cool posts like this at Home Designing and if you like to be notified when we have more such inspiring posts, please subscribe to our feed or newsletter!
Let’s get started now, shall we! The first three are via Yanko Design, a terrific blog that features new concepts in design. Check them out if you haven’t already.
There is a good chance that water might become a precious commodity in the future. Designer Jang Woo-seok keeps this mind while designing his concept bathroom which cleverly reuses the water drained from the sink for flushing the toilet.
Here is another concept by designer Young Sang Eun that lays emphasis on hygiene. What is special about this design is that on one side it features a urinal and the other a sit-down commode. With the flip of a switch the design is capable of swiveling around. It self-sanitizes using Steam and UV. No more dirty toilet seats.
Another one that focuses on hygiene. If you are using a toilet on a shared basis the toilet page concept by Jan Ctvrtnik would let you have your own ‘personal’ toilet seat.
Check out this Phyto-Purification Bathroom by Jun Yasumoto.
Using a natural filtering principle called phyto-purification, the bathroom becomes a mini-eco-system by recycling and regenerating the wastewater. During its filtering process, the water goes through different steps :
- The rushes are planted in sand which filters larger particles. The root system of the rushes contain various bacterias which break down these particles for absorption by the plant.
- The reeds are planted next to the rushes as they have the ability to filter the heavy metals from the water.
- The floating water hyacinths draw through their roots some of the water borne particles which are still present in the water.
-The lemnas, which are also aquatic plants, bind to the remaining aquatic micro-organisms to complete the filtering process.
-Finally, a carbon filter stops the remaining micro-particles.
The water from the shower and the washbasin is filtered through an organic system before being re-used.
Phyto-purification is a natural water-recycling process which is commonly used in ecological purification systems.
The software giant Microsoft, occasionally tries to visualize and anticipate future lifestyles. The MSN network recently featured an article that highlights some cutting edge bathroom designs that are already available in the market. Here are some highlights from it.
Linea Aqua’s Apollo steam shower lets you relax in the reclining chair as you take a shower and it’s blue-tinted safety glass with a unique overall shape gives you the feel of your very own space shuttle.
ProSun’s SunShower offers you more than a bathing experience. There are tanning unit of 400 watts attached along with a double UV filter so that you might achieve the perfect tan!
Kohler’s DT VII performance shower has a digital menu which lets you set up a mix shower experience for yourself. The six shower heads and two shower wands let you experiment a lot. It also has a mp3 player and you can control the light settings inside according to your mood.
The Ondus bath systems by Grohe lend an organic-digital feel to the bathing experience as you can control the flow of water in the shower and sink which mimic the natural flow of water.
The Kohler VibrAcoustic Bathtub has it all! You get to soak in the cool tub which has a pre-set music designed to add sound and music vibration to sooth your tired south. You can change the music pre-sets as well as the chroma therapy colours which light up the tub.
Aquavision brings you an entertaining bathing experience. Now you can watch television while soaking in the tub on a 17 inch waterproof television. You may install the TV in various positions inside the bathroom and it will still remain dry.
Aquavision bathroom designs gives you more than entertainment with a hot towel rail. Plus when you are not watching the television you can use it as a mirror. Talk about multi-utility!
You can stay connected with the rest of the world through Visomatic’s waterproof media centre while you soak in your tub. You can access the television and the internet. The screen comes in a variety of sizes.
To end with here is an interesting bathroom (not futuristic, but definitely interesting) that is made of see through glass in London. It is see through from the inside but viewed from outside it looks just like a mirror.
Comments anyone? 
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I think I like the first design BEST amongst all displayed here.
the first seems the one that makes the most sense and the design with multiple seats is the most pointless. Our hands and face have more germs than any other part of our body besides our mouth all of three we have no problem sharing. The better idea for seats is just the user recognition toilets that lift the seat when the husband enters and lowers when he leaves
Jr, if you do not understand something it does not have to necessarily mean it is pointless. YOU said the “H” word and started the germs theory. This concept is clearly for family with a small child(ren). If you go from the top: first is cover, second (just a guess I did not see it opened, but I do believe it is so) is for a small baby which needs smaller hole in it. third is normal seat we all know and the last has a gap in front (guess why
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Would you still call it pointless? Or would you admit that your presumptions were wrong and therefor your conclusions were no better? Or even that it is nice idea?
User recognition toilet seats? What if the husband has to take a dump and can’t get the toilet seat down because when he puts it down, the toilet puts it back up because it recognizes him?
You have started a very interesting discussion on bathroom design. I’m a cabinetmaker who really does not want to make kitchens for a living, because the most of what is done in the US is just boxes with a “choice of doors and drawer fronts,” the most of which are made in a factory somewhere. Boring. I want to do something else if I can, but what?
European design just absolutely blows my mind, and I find myself reading quite a bit on it, even though these are often modular kitchens that one would simply send away for and have installed by a local craftsman. But what fascinates me is the utter innovation of those designs, so I find myself returning to them quite a bit.
I am also looking to design a kitchen for my wife in a too small space in a tract home, which necessarily lets out those wonderful European designs that excite me so. And whenever I find myself going out on a limb with some idea or another for our kitchen, my wife always grounds me by saying, “If you stick with the classics, you won’t grow tired of them.”
So, what do you do that is different and yet timeless and practical and stimulating to make if you’re a cabinetmaker? Damned if I know, but if I ever figure it out, I mean to make it for us and splash that baby all over the Internet!
What you’ve written, though, has given me quite a bit to think about, and I thank you for sharing your concepts.
like the concepts but whats the footprint in the manufacture????????
It’s so future!
That’s pretty cool… especially in the first diagram where water from the sink is this dispelled into the toilet. Definitely a good way to save on water and easy to setup, too!
if i where to go in the class one i would enter in with a girl and bring a tape recorder with sex sounds on it to make it sound like we where having sex and record there reactions from the inside
your work is very nice. i like that concepts, and also good work.. not only one almost all.. very good ….i will try to do like that type of models. am 3D Designer…
Good stuff…
now we have a reason to stay longer in bathroom.
oh wait, someone will tweet: having a poo, out of tissue paper…hellpppp !!!
wow cool nice stuff
Nice concept. THe last one is nice, no-one can see you but you can see everyone. Strange to do a nr. 2…
at the age of 16 or 17 in the years about 1987 in the last century here in lovely germany I asked my father – he was a wise man and a good handyman – why all the ******* toilets use fresh water… I made a simple draft and he did build a prototype similar to that armature shown in the top picture of this site…
it´s so ******* simple… but´s it´s 2009 and where are these things?!?!
cheers
Damn, this is so awesome! Thanks, stumbled…
Great site that made my friend screamed.
He said he must be hanging around with me.
Shocking!
This is some very cool stuff. We do spend a lot of time in the bathroom.
I really like this idea. And it’s not all about looks, all these things seem to be clean & good for the environment (or at least not bad for it). I mean, IDK about the guy in the tub with the computer though, but other than that, I really likeee. I think everything should be modernized like this though, not just our bathrooms. I feel like the world is so polluted and disgusting, I can’t get away from it. It’s in the air, it’s all over the place even if you can’t see it. Imagine how much longer we could possibly live if this wasn’t the case. I feel like I’m constantly breathing death, letting it soak into my skin. I know it’s horrible, and it’s a scary truth I feel. Take all the exhaust-emitting cars of the road first of all. Do you know how many cars there are in the world?, constantly filling up another part of the air with horrible things. It’s too late to even fix it; or it’s gonna take a really long time to have pure air again if we start now, and build some kind of air purifier to quicken the process. But no one is gonna do that because they don’t even care, they’re too worried about other stupid pointless things like war and feeding the pygmi babies in Africa. They think THAT’S a cause. How about saving the world? I wish I could take this all into my own hands, but I’m not smart enough, or powerful enough. And I feel like I’m the only one who feels like this. This isn’t how it’s supposed to be. We ruined the earth. Before us, the trees grew tall and wide, and the waters were clearer, and the air was fresher, and the rain was purer. But you all fucking ruined it. I hate you.! So in conclusion, if everything was designed like these bathrooms are (minimal and environmentally friendly), everything would be a lot better & we wouldn’t all die a horrible death. “The planet’s got a cancer and I’m pretty sure it’s Human.”
Beautiful designs! How can some of these be adapted for accessible needs? I saw only one walk-in shower. Over 73 million Americans will be over 55 in a few years! Let’s think ahead with these needs as well.
wow, someone let the crazy in.
Great designs, especially the green bathrooms. You couldn’t pay me to use the one way mirror London bathroom. I’m sure there is a way to see through it and someone will figure it out. Maybe not with the naked eye, but possibly with an IR camera?
I’m curious about reusing sink water for the toilet, great idea, but what happens when the tank is full? Won’t this cause a flux and the toilet will start to drain, thus wasting water anyway?
I love the idea of toilets using waste water from the sink ..
Toro .. most toilets actually have a pipe in them that if they overfill it flows into the toilet .. so in the case of it filling up, its a case of less water down drain, just the excess once its full…
one that id didnt see here (maybe missed it) but have seen else where .. the top of the cistern was actually the sink ..so clean water came out thru a tap and then filled the cistern – when you flushed ie: the tap ran until the cistern was full .. great idea..
if i owned my own house i would have them here
They already have toilets in Japan that use gray water from the sink to fill up the toilet tank. In fact, the sink is on top of the toilet(http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/07/wash_your_hands.php).
Water shortages are already a problem in several major american cities so I don’t see multiple jet showers and giant tubs in the future…unless of course you are one of the wealthy 1% that makes most of the money and wastes most of the resources (see Al Gore’s electricy usage in his TN home).
Wow, what a fantastic concepts. its a great combination of uv and steam for hygienic toilets.
Dilipkumar Mevada
brilliant ideas! It will be tough to get people to switch when they already have something that works, but as new construction moves forward, it’s nice to have options. I’d like a toilet that’s easy to clean!
Some pretty cool designs, though at least one is answering a question that no one is asking. The Visomatic media center is interesting, but how many people sit around in a tub checking their e-mail? Also, the glass outhouse thing is interesting, but I wonder how many people would still feel like they’re sitting out in the open and have some serious stage fright?
The question I’ve always had with greywater systems is how do they handle the hair, soap residue and gunk that goes down the drain and into the toilet? Wouldn’t that gum up the toilet? There would have to be some kind of central filtration system or something.
its great. i wish to have this kind of washrum in my future home.
brilliant concept – ‘personal’ toilet seat…
These are wonderful. I’m not so interested in the models that use a lot of energy or water at this point in time, but the others that aim at conservation of resources and space are marvelous.
The designs are incredible! I’d be really spoiled for choices if I were to go with one design.
Brandy
Thanks for the share. We take so much for granted. It’s great to see a clever eco-responsible designer plunging ahead. The statistics still show that too many people don’t believe global warming is a problem with very far reaching consequences
Right…a solarium shower. Have we established that tans are unhealthy yet?
Interesting how all the available designs are about luxury but the ‘future’ plans are economical. Maybe because economy is bad for the economy…and the people who make the decisions about commercial manufacture are only concerned with the latter.
wooow! what a bathroom with computer! incredible!
These are wonderful!The designs are incredible!
designs are futuristic and modernistic not only are they sustainable but one must look at carbon footprints in manufacturing. I live in Cambodia a LDC can we come u with a dry toilet that can be run with solar panels and repeat use in communities? any innovators and entrepreneurs wishes to get in manufacturing mode and link themselves with NGO funding to develop and proetct third world bretherens
good morning,
hy it looks very good.
whenever i purchased the or buildup the bungalow i will definitely use this.
Regards,
Deepak Sharma
crayz design and idea
The first designs is my fav.. Saving water, energy, etc etc.. love it..
I love these ideas, they are so creative. CH&D is having a contest for the best California interior designer. Check it out!
Bathrooms of the Future
Thanks for sharing
its comes in future but we r not in future.
Some really fabulous designs there. Especially like the swivel urinal, very cool!
Wonderful designs. Looks great.
LCD in the bath! that’s a way to live.
I really like the first one with reusing water. The last one with the mirrors made me smile. I was not expecting that one…
I really like that Phyto-Purification Bathroom. If I had money I would totally utilize that.
There is also a very interesting bathroom concept from NeoQi. They use “space cocoon” motive to present their futuristic view of relaxation. It is strange that this article here does not mentio it. But there are included several functions in one “cocoon” and I see it is very unique and genius solution. I have seen NeoQi several times at the exhibitions in Chicago, in Italy, in Moscow, in Shanghai and so on. They have a good point in this conception. I think soon I’m going to by their “Elegance”, because I like to take a infrared sauna, steam sauna with aroma therapy + whirlpool afterwards. Here is a link to their webiste http://www.neoqi.com if you like to see what I mean.