ABSTRACT
Cleaning is an ancient method of circulation, but the washing machine assembled with pipes pushes the technology of domestic cleaning – or the technology of circulation – to a new stage. Now laundry cleaning can be completed in the laundry room at home with no external aid. Modern residential designing always imagines the washing machine as a spatial object, which occurs in the mind of an architect as a small square box. However, in spite of such importance, the washing machine never attracts as much attention as the TV, and unlike the latter, it is usually placed in an inconspicuous corner in the home, as if it did not exist at all. As compared with other domestic appliances, the washing machine has no demand for its location and always allows itself to be spatially marginalized. Our home is saturated with all kinds of machines, but that does not in the least relieve us of any domestic labor.
