Functional, reduced, yet luxurious in aesthetics: Accessible Bathrooms brand space (bathroom and WC) for JUNG solutions.
JUNG has stood for innovative building technology for more than 100 years. Intelligent and networked, sustainable and safe - that means permanent further development. Because what we understand by security is subject to the changing times. With all the demands on security and functionality (the core of building technology is, after all, function), living space still has the requirement to be homely. The function must therefore take a back seat to the living atmosphere. This is especially the case in bathrooms and WCs. Because these rooms are the most intimate in the living area, this is really about personal, completely private well-being. This is all the more the case in the barrier-free area. Being able to take care of personal hygiene independently, as far as possible - for people in wheelchairs, with disabilities, this is almost even more important.
Accessibility meets design - CGI for JUNG's visionary bathroom concepts
JUNG's aim is to bring luxurious well-being and first-class design to this area, which, unfortunately, is far too often designed without considering the needs and wishes of people. We were allowed to support JUNG from Schalksmühle near Düsseldorf (Germany) and create CGI product images of the brand spaces that were also to be newly designed. The basis of our work was brand communication: high demands on design based on Les Couleurs® Le Corbusier. meets building technology. The fact that it is a functional, actually accessible bathroom and toilet fades into the background. The accessible rooms were conceived by JUNG and implemented by us as CGI.
Compliance with DIN 18040 was just as central as the ergonomic representation of the operating height and positioning of the modules.
Designing barrier-free means: creating space for what is essential
Thinking about rooms in a barrier-free way - how does that even work? What is important when you look at bathrooms and WCs from this (lower) point of view? It quickly became clear: you need open rooms with plenty of space here. Wide passages, little interior, focus on the essentials - that's the brand communication that was aimed for here. At the same time, these reduced rooms with minimalist furnishings draw attention to JUNG's products.
Color as function - Le Corbusier meets accessible design
The second point of reference is the color worlds of Le Corbusier. With Les Couleurs, the Swiss-French architect created the theoretical basis for what he was firmly convinced of in his later work: color in architecture is just as important as form and floor plan. This way of thinking runs through his entire later work and is particularly noticeable in his sculptural works. Les Couleurs design concepts - that means for "our" accessible bathroom and wheelchair-accessible toilet that the control elements of the building technology, specifically the emergency toilet set, are brought into shape and color according to Le Corbusier.
Le Corbusier's colors subtly staged - CGI between design and function
The Le Corbusier color palette was used. DETAIL has published a comprehensive article on this, which shows how JUNG integrates these color tones into its switch and socket designs - an interplay of architectural history and modern technology. We use Ambient Occlusion (AO) to enhance matt surfaces, in which the light is only subtly reflected, to create realistic contact and corner shadows and also bake light maps that are functional yet organic in appearance. Our task was to develop corresponding color spaces according to the company's specifications and to take the accessibility of these spaces as a basis, but to allow them to recede visually into the background. The barrier-free products are therefore kept white and visually disappear. An absolutely exciting project! 3D renderings for the switch design - there is so much more behind it.
