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This has a lot of problems. First, legal problems: you can't have a unisex multi-stall bathroom in the USA. I'm not sure if it's actually illegal (it probably
by Arizhel 9y ago
This has a lot of problems.
First, legal problems: you can't have a unisex multi-stall bathroom in the USA. I'm not sure if it's actually illegal (it probably is in many states), but it'll never fly even if it is. Honestly, what you really need is a male restroom that's about 5 times the size of the female restroom. Again, that won't fly politically, but practically it makes sense because there's so few women in software. Better yet is to just ditch the shared bathrooms altogether: they're nasty and smelly, and it's inhuman to have to sit on the pot next to someone with only a crappy divider which doesn't even go to the floor so you can see their feet and their pants around their ankles. You also have to worry about Idahoans playing footsie with you in there. Whoever came up with this idea has serious mental issues, and somehow it's the norm almost everywhere. Instead, just have separate 1-person unisex bathrooms, and put little showers in at least 2 of them for the cyclists.
The walled offices with giant windows: these windows are much too large on the inside. The whole reason for a walled office is to have privacy, and you're taking it away with those windows. Also, you're distracting the people sitting inside because they'll see all the people walking by their office, since that office will most likely open into a high-traffic corridor. Make the windows much smaller, maybe enough to see the top of the head of someone sitting inside and that's about it. Or just get rid of them altogether, or maybe have frosted glass. Windows on the other side are nice, but there's only so much space along the outside wall of the building, so who gets to sit here? Likely only managers.
The dedicated "quiet alone-time" places are great, but there aren't nearly enough of them. They're going to get monopolized, while all those "team spaces" are going to get ignored mostly. How about just having only the quiet 1-person places, and just one or two of the team spaces for the people who really like that or in case something comes up where people want to work as a team temporarily?
The library isn't a bad idea, but it's not nearly large enough.
The "townhall" is a massive waste of space. You don't need daily stand-ups, that's a patch for lousy management. The building should have a large meeting room shared by all departments for events where you need everyone present.
Honestly, we'd all be better off if we could go back to the way offices were in the 70s or 80s, minus the smoking inside part.
I do like his illustrations though: it reminds me of playing Duke Nukem 3D.
- plttn 9y ago>First, legal problems: you can't have a unisex multi-stall bathroom in the USA. I'm not sure if it's actually illegal (it probably is in many states) As far as I can tell, as long as the toilets themselves are separated, there's no issues (Youtube Space LA uses this format).
- ashark 9y ago> First, legal problems: you can't have a unisex multi-stall bathroom in the USA. I'm not sure if it's actually illegal (it probably is in many states), but it'll never fly even if it is. Granted it's not the same as an office bathroom, but I know of at least one mid-price but trendyish restaurant with a unisex multi stall bathroom here. And I'm in surprised-we-don't-have-a-trans-bathroom-bill-yet Missouri.
- Arizhel 9y agoAre these stalls typical stalls with a huge gap at the floor so you can see the neighbors as they sit on the pot? Are they actual separate rooms? I've been in a few nice restaurants where the "stalls" were actually separate walled, tiled rooms with nice wooden doors with locks. Those bathrooms are a real joy to use compared to standard public restrooms. The darker tiles and wood and dimmer lighting and nice fixtures are also really nice. While the ones I was in were not unisex, I could see how that would work just fine, since the only area shared is the area with the sinks.
- jedanbik 9y agoWe have plenty of unisex multi-stall bathrooms here in Durham, NC -- most of them started out as a statement of solidarity against HB2.
- Arizhel 9y agoUnless those "stalls" are actually separate rooms with locking doors, I don't see how that's legal, in light of repiret's post here citing US code that specifically forbids it. Honestly, I have a hard time seeing such bathrooms ever being commonplace; it seems like the people who design and build buildings just love having stalls with crappy little partitions that end 12 inches above the floor so you can peek into the neighboring stalls. You can't have that in a multi-sex bathroom for obvious reasons.