The LAUFEN ‘modern sanitary rooms’ stand featured inside of the VITRA ‘work’ project was part of the Orgatec 2016 in Cologne.
Vitra invited a series of architecture and design companies to round out the selection of products that comprise today’s workspace - from architectural and environmental elements to work tools. Laufen was contributing in a constructive exchange that took a holistic approach focusing on the present and future working world.
As a bathroom specialist Laufen occupies a central interface in the working environment and observes exactly how the understanding of life and work is changing within society – many companies are trying out new concepts of working and living together with a visible trend towards a health and environment-conscious lifestyle amongst many employees.
Especially in the bathroom – part of our workplaces - the relationship between personal privacy and common use has to be balanced – after all, everyone faces each other here. For this reason, separate units consisting of a toilet and washbasin are a must, providing the necessary degree of privacy and calm, and in consequence more satisfaction and motivation amongst staff members.
In addition, modern semi-public sanitary areas often play an important representative role – only a bathroom which is well cared for, which features high-quality fittings and which represents design language can be seen as a business card or advertisement for the lived values of company itself