PRACTICAL SPACE Spreading the bathroom components There are powerful images that are cur- rently outstanding, because of the issues they suggest.Personal hygiene, body caring and resting could conform a “de- vice”,a complementation destined to produce a particular effect in terms of use. [70-71-72-73-74] Light and hygiene, the white color and the no-porosity of vitrified materials, are still crucial to appreciate cleanness, they are the base of the domestic iconogra- Fig.70. Jean Nouvel, Hôtel St. James. phy of the last century. To see properly, we need abundance of natural light: if there is sunlight –andgood views– its effects tend to temper e at osphere and give us the perception that is be- yond a simple service space, where no one would like to remain more time than the strictly necessary. The bathroom components, once again, are seen as nomads inside the house. What we most value is to see how they conform devices with undeniable effi ca- cy when they are combined with galler- ies, dressing rooms and bedrooms. [75] 16 Fig.74. EUROPAN, 1989; Lavado de la ropa, limpieza y va- ciado del cuerpo para dos generaciones que conviven. Una estructura dual en lo que, en su día, se llamó sala de Fig.72. Cellier, Europan 1989. aguas. / EUROPAN, 1989; Clothes laundering, personal care and body waste evacuation for two generations. A dual structure once called bathroom. t11318