> I also suspect that, much like RVs or the apartments units in the Nagakin Capsule Tower, repairability and modifiability have been compromised in the design.

> I also suspect that, much like RVs or the apartments units in the Nagakin Capsule Tower, repairability and modifiability have been compromised in the design. I think it makes more sense if you think of it as a bottom of the barrel option, say for jails or airports or public housing, rather than an ill-considered attempt to replace the washrooms in suburban houses. A Minimum Viable Bathroom, if you will, that could've been stamped out by the millions in an alternate timeline where the US decided to build council housing.