More Emergency Design Fixes at MoMA

Remember how Glenn Lowry and Yoshio Taniguchi found an innovative solution to a signage problem at the new MoMA?
Well I just revisited the Museum of Modern Art’s sixth-floor bathroom, scene of numerous CultureGrrl complaints, and found that Glenn and Yoshio had come up with some more simple (if not elegant) fixes to vexing flaws:
No more “water cascading over the counter and down to the floor,” as I had previously described the sinktops. An absorbent towel does the trick:

What to do about the complete lack of ventilation on a hot summer day? A trashcan propping open the door lets in some needed air:

But not all is yet well in the restroom: The “dingy lighting”? Still dingy. And changing those inadequate bulbs has left some unsightly results:

You’ve got to hand it to MoMA, though: They did budget for a good supply of Windex. Remember how Seattle disappointed its architect and used translucent railings, because clear ones would get too smudged? MoMA’s clear railings looked fine to me:

I discovered that the problem of slippery floors that I had previously complained about in the new MoMA is not limited to the indoor galleries. I wasn’t allowed into the sculpture garden to revisit the Serras, because it had rained earlier that day and they were afraid the surface might be too slick.