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Originally Posted by nffc
Specifically on the point of toilets, i'm probably missing something but I don't know why more places don't just have a load of rooms with self-contained toilet/sink (and actual rooms, too, not cubicles) accessible off a central / open atrium/corridor area, which are entirely gender-neutral and anyone can use them? I don't really like the idea of urinals anyway and it'd mean it didn't matter who used the toilet, and you wouldn't get say for example blokes having to queue to use 1 toilet when the ladies have 2 or 3 as they don't have urinals, or vice versa.
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Such arrangements are more common in the newest buildings, but the reason they are uncommon overall is that they require a lot more space, reducing the space available for the building’s primary purpose. They also cost more to build. It can be difficult to retrofit them in the oldest buildings where the bare minimum toilet facilities were provided, or none at all.