Space is the place
Yesterday I visited a toilet I’d never been to on the grounds of Macquarie Uni. All the buildings at Macquarie or Club Mac or CM or even MQ, are weirdly named not after past successful graduates, but rather, by where the building is orientated (east E or West W). Off these symbols, the further West you go, you’ll find buildings with a Y or X or even an F or C.
Confused?
So beginning my journey to find a new and exciting toilet to review, I had to stop and consult a map once in the building called W6B. Unlike it’s adjacent war bunker modeled cousin, W5A, W6B is an oppressive concrete block that opens into a lovely courtyard and as if snatching this delight from you almost instantly, closes itself into a narrow hallway leading to the Ladies bathroom.
The cubicle is clean with half a roll of toilet paper left (it’s only 12.30pm). Again as I’ve noticed throughout this Uni, there is a distinct lack of political commentary written on the bathroom walls = no reading material. I also wish the toilet doors were a little taller because I’m tall and was paranoid people could see the top of my head taking photos of this cubicle.
One feature that I thoroughly enjoyed about this cubicle was a shelf built into the back of the toilet. This feature is so that you can not only hang your bag on the door hook, but also place additional bags/rubbish behind on this shelf while you’re going at it, saving you germs from the floor.
In fact, this bathroom has no shortage of space! Behind the main washbasins is a baby change table AND you guessed it,
MORE SHELVES TO HOLD YOUR STUFF!
I studied architecture for 1.5 years and being a first year architecture student means you walk around campus carrying a stupid looking t-square, various shapes and sizes of rulers and ruling equipment as well as pads and pads of A3 paper.
So the storage in this bathroom is a first year architecture student’s wet dream, that is, if Macquarie offered architecture at their University. Oh well.
Space: echo echo echo/10
Cleanliness: 8/10
Reading Material: baby change table instructions only in the main washroom
Paper towels vs. Hand dryers: Hand dryers with bins underneath
Ambiance: A first year architecture student couldn’t have designed more shelves