Look!: Concrete Pass-Through Sinks

Last time we visited Spin Pizza in Lee's Summit Missouri, we forgot to show you the bathrooms. Normally this isn't a high point to eating out, although their bathrooms are just as well designed as the rest of their restaurant. We took a break from Labor Day activities and stopped in for a bite to eat and remembered to take a trip to the little girls room for a quick photo. See how this sink goes through the wall (literally) after the jump...

You can see under the wall through to the entryway and on across to the second stall (although the camera wasn't able to manage that shot).

The concrete was poured to peak under the faucet. The water runs in different directions depending on how rambunctious you are with the hand washing.

This layout might help to understand the layout of the bathrooms a bit more. You enter into a waiting room with a sink, with doors to individual bathrooms on either side. The sink runs through the wall through all 3 rooms and is one long piece of concrete.

Photos by Jenni Brown

Comments (7)

so if i had me a little camera with a telescopic lens...interesting....bwah ha ha!

posted by Pistachio on September 2nd 2008 at 10:52am
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first done by Diller and Scofidio (spelling?) at Brasserie in the Seagram Building in NYC about 10 years ago. If I recall, theirs is done with resin and is a single slope on either side meeting at the drain in the middle. Beautifully executed by them as is the whole restaurant.

posted by grunion on September 2nd 2008 at 11:12am
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Just like a high school locker room!

posted by Griffin on September 2nd 2008 at 11:31am
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I like the idea of being able to wash your hands without having to go into the restroom. The only thing that bugs the "OCD" part of me is that the peak of the slopes isn't lined up with the faucet as you can see in the second to the last pic, instead, it's off to the left. I didn't want to say anything but, that's why it's called OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE Disorder.

Don't worry, I'm looking into help, lol.

posted by modernguy on September 2nd 2008 at 11:33am
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Little girl's room?

posted by Janice99 on September 2nd 2008 at 11:33am
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Hahaha! That totally bugged me, too - all of the faucets should be perfectly aligned with the peaks (though the fact that they are aligned with the tile design rescues this a bit - but why can't we have both???). This just makes me squirm.

posted by brenjay on September 2nd 2008 at 11:36am
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and the point of this is????

posted by Violetsrose on September 3rd 2008 at 3:14am
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