The washroom in an airport should be designed for functionality, accessibility, cleanliness, and user experience. An airport is not only a place where people need to use the toilet but these facilities can also be an abundance of other things, ensuring customers feel comfortable for their journey. Whether that includes changing into a different outfit, washing their hands or having a moment away from the hustle and bustle.
Key features of an airport toilet
- Lighting
- Ventilation
- Hygienic, touchless features
- Maintenance
- Slip-resistance flooring
- Air purification
- Accessibility and inclusivity
- Customer feedback
Hygiene in an airport washroom
One of the most important parts of any airport is hygiene. With the sheer amount of footfall coming in and out every single day, there's no doubt that the cleanliness can easily become out of control. That's why it is crucial to consider hygiene when designing and refurbishing these facilities.
One of the easiest and most common ways to implement cleanliness within a commercial washroom is through touchless fixtures. This can include installing automatic doors, taps, hand dryers, soap dispensers and flush systems.
It is also important to ensure you have a regular, reliable cleaning and maintenance schedule set up. This includes general daily cleaning but also attention to things such as emptying bins, restocking toiletries and tackling any hazards.
Lighting and ventilation
If you've ever been inside an airport washroom, you have probably realised that the majority of them have no windows. And with no windows, comes no natural ventilation and no natural sunlight. When choosing your washroom lighting, it's important to consider this as well as safety for customers as this will be their only source of visibility.
In terms of ventilation, most airports will ensure they have some sort of bathroom fan in place, especially if are designing a space which includes commercial showers or wet rooms.
Accessible washrooms
Like the majority of public washrooms, you will need to ensure that your facilities cater to those with accessibility needs. One of the first things to consider when designing any airport toilet is checking over the regulations you need to meet, covering aspects such as flooring, space planning, support equipment, emergency alarms, lighting and safety.
This also includes designing and installing a range of other facility types including baby changing rooms, children's play areas, sofa break-out spaces, prayer rooms and more.
Creating a sustainable airport washroom
Airport washrooms are used 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, meaning the energy being used is vast. Although some features of an airport washroom are unavoidable, there are particular aspects which can improved and modernised in terms of sustainability and energy efficiency.
This includes used automated features such as sensor lighting, flushes and taps to ensure that systems are not being used when they don't need to be.
Airport toilet design
Most airport toilets are designed with minimalism in mind, typically using basic colour themes including white, blue, wood effects and neutrals. Creating a washroom which resembles cleanliness and freshness is the ideal goal when thinking about interiors as this reflects the duties of the space. You will also find a range of other features in these washrooms including mirrors, customer review portals, hand sanitisation stations and sanitary products.
Airport washroom refurbishments
Whether you're completely refurbishing your existing airport toilets, installing new toilet cubicles or replacing the IPS units, Inspired Washrooms is able to design, remove and install your new features perfectly.
We have dedicated design and fit-out teams ready and waiting to help you in any way that we can offering washroom refurbishment services in Nottingham, Derby, London, Leicester, Birmingham and the rest of the UK. Find out more about our airport toilet refurbishments here or get in touch below.
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