FACILITY DESIGN GUIDES
LOCKERS & CHANGING
Showers
3 min
objective provide a two compartment shower enclosure for guest use before and after spa and fitness activities and in conjunction with wet amenities such as sauna, steam room, and pools the first compartment acts as a private dry changing area space planning showers should be grouped together and separated from other locker functions, but assembled around a common corridor or alcove locate immediately adjacent to the wet amenity areas to allow sauna, steam, and pool users to shower as part of their wet area experience position the showers close to the sinks and grooming areas design features the shower compartments should measure a minimum of 1 2m w x 2 1m d (4’ x 7’) overall at showers provide durable wall mounted dispensers for shampoo, conditioner, and body wash consider a corner shaving foot shelf at 45cm (18”) aff in the women’s showers at the men’s shower, consider a shelf shaving station designed to hold a wet razor, shaving cream, and fogless mirror in the dry shower compartment include a bench seat, two robe hooks, and a shelf for eye glasses or jewelry at accessible showers provide grab bars, thresholds, foldable seats, hand held showers, and controls as specified by the governing codes position a towel station adjacent to showers flooring and wall finishes a sloped floor to a drain(s)