Bathroom
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But if shaping an outdoor space or internal courtyard is not possible, there is the option of using special surfaces to maintain privacy and give the appearance of nature. This bathroom has resin glazing with a grass pattern for the exterior; on the other side is planted bamboo, so real nature and its image coincide.
As mentioned already, a pocket garden can serve a bathroom as part of a renovation. One natural material choice is bamboo, a grass that grows like crazy and screens really well.
Depending on the climate, the connection between inside and outside can be even blurrier, such as with this shower and tub sharing an external space in Brazil. A courtyard like this could also be enclosed from the elements (a glass or plastic roof above the structure) to make it usable in other climates.
With physical connections between bathrooms and outside spaces via doors, such as this glass slider, it makes sense to continue architectural features between the spaces. The wood slats in this example are a very nice touch, tying the spaces together and providing an armature for shelves for soap and other items.
And an enclosed, glass-walled shower in another part of the house gives the sensation of showering outside but with the utmost privacy.
An internal courtyard elsewhere in the house serves another bathroom.
One project with a multitude of small courtyards, some of them serving bathrooms, is this residence in Marin County, California, designed by Chicago's Dirk Denison Architects. The single-story, barrier-free plan has about 10 exterior spaces of varying sizes. Here we are looking at the master bathroom and its pocket garden, which is not an internal courtyard, hence the wood fencing. (A shower and toilet on the other side of the mirror are also part of the master bath.) Even though this house is a new construction, a bathroom with a large view can be part of a renovation. With the right fencing and vegetation (bamboo in this case), a wall can be opened up and a private oasis created just outside
A pocket garden adjacent to the bathroom also allows direct access, as this semiroofed space illustrates. The wood lining the walls also shows how important these surfaces are. Some people might like the gray concrete of the previous example, for the way plants pop against it, but others might prefer the color and texture of wood.
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