The bathroom has the decisive key function for the lifelike living of elderly people. Above all in this place the idea of a self-determined life in one’s own four walls is coupled. The ZVSHK Zentralverband für Sanitär, Klima und Heizung initiated the project against the background of new requirements for a barrier-free bathroom. The result was trend-setting, practical and marketable designs – without the still widespread deficit-oriented design language.
At the world’s leading trade fair for sanitary, building, energy and air-conditioning technology and renewable energies in Frankfurt, students presented the results from a two-year research and development project conducted by Prof. Frank Zebner.
At the SHK expert talk on the subject “Future Bath”, moderator Norbert König spoke with his guests Jens Wischmann (GF VDS), Dipl. Ing. Ursula Fuss (architect), Petra Uertz (Federal Managing Director Association of Home Ownership) and Prof. Dr.med. Klaus-Michael Braumann about the barrier-free bathroom of the future.