Fashioning the Body: Versions of the Citizen, the Self, and the Subject

The predominent shape within the room is rectangular or some deviation of it (the walls were tiled, the ceiling sectioned into squares, the faucets, towel devices, and urinals were rounded rectangles). The spaces are quite similar with variances of color (blue for men and purple for women), technique of certain machines (faucets, excratory contraptions, hand-drying stations), and position of certain devices (in the women's room, the faucets were on the left, while in the men's room they were on the right). There are two different things to do in this rectangular space; there is one wall to undo the pants and bend, and on the other wall, one turns on the water and bends to wet the hands.

As we observed the physical space of the room, we came into contact with necessary users of the space.  There seemed to be a variance of style within the bathroom (one looked into the mirror, washed, undid the pants, washed again, looked into the mirror and left; while another looked into the mirror, undid the pants, looked into the mirror and left). People leaving these rooms looked around, held their head up, adjusted their clothing, and sometimes had wet hands.