Hotels love installing these things. They’re cheaper than two large shower doors, they make the room look bigger, and guests think it looks modern.

That said, you’re kind of supposed to pair this with a rain shower head in the ceiling to reduce splash. This looks like a remodeled hotel that didn’t want to move the plumbing. They just did a cheap refresh to make people feel like they were staying in a modern room.

Thought that heat lamps might get rid of the chill factor?

I have 3+ meter ceilings in all rooms including the bathroom, and the heat lamps are a godsend in winter.

I'm looking to renovate the bathroom over the coming years and thought that an open space shower might be a great addition but maybe we will reconsider.

I do like the Japanese prefab wet bathroom units, but not sure if they are available here, nor if the other half would approve.

The Conquest of Wet

I do. But a proper one. All tiled. No glass that is a PITA to keep clean. No curtain that gets disgusting. Just step in, shower, step out.

But that stuff is out of reach to most people, including myself. And to be brutally honest, it is pure excess. But some people are still trying to imitate that with those crappy compact ones but it just ends up being stupid and worse than a normal shower.

I do and I have one. The downstairs shower next to the sauna is just an entire tiled room so I don't feel like I'm in a cramped space. I always use that one, even in the winter when it's basically freezing down there, because I hate the cramped booth upstairs, I have very broad shoulders and can always feel like I'm going to hit the walls.

The one in the OP is the worst of both worlds though. Still cramped, but doesn't keep water in like a regular shower booth... and it's installed in a bathroom without a proper tiled floor...