We all love to attend carnivals and other events in outdoor open areas, go camping, or so on, but the one comfort that we miss from back home is our toilet privileges! The invention of toilets came about as people required a safe and hygienic space to defecate, instead of doing it in the open. In 1596, the first flush toilet was invented and has been in widespread usage even today. Since the early ages, toilets have taken different forms from being a simple hole in the ground to chambers and now, to automated ones. While toilets fulfill a basic need, there is scope for design and variation that can be brought about in the space they are placed in, to create.
Toilets and washrooms in residences receive special treatment, wherein this small space is equipped with many additional services, almost making the facility a luxury for its users. But when it comes to toilets in the public realm, efforts made to provide comfortable and efficient solutions have been lacking.
How can the design of public toilets be improved?
The competition launched by UNI, was to propose a new design for a portable toilet for 5 simultaneous occupancy stalls that can be used by any type of user, with ease. The aim of the design was to understand how the design of even the most functional unit of space can be enhanced with thoughtful inputs. The portability or mobility of this toilet stall was the most important factor.
Some of the Best of competition projects as follows:
Winning Project: THE LIBRARY TOILETS
By: Xinyu Li
Description: Public toilets become an important place for spirituality and communication, where people can communicate in the same space at different times. In my opinion a good toilet is more than just a little cleen space for people’s hygiene needs. People could exchange second-hand books and items here. So they can read during the time in the toilet.
Editor’s Choice: THRONED: Dignity to the Necessity
By: Ritu Deshmukh
Description: The idea behind the design and participation in this Competition was to think of a way to provide Dignity to the Necessity of the Human Race, irrespective of Caste, Gender, Age,… Using a Public Toilet is a human right and should be designed so as to provide dignity and cater to the aspects of sanitation as it would be taken care of in our private realm.
Editor’s Choice: AQUATIC
By:Nikolai Shavrygin & 2 others.
Description: Caring for the ecology of our planet, especially conserving water is the main inspiration of our project development. Water is a symbol of purity. We have done a lot of research to tackle the problem of hygiene. We have come to the conclusion that minimizing direct contact with public toilet surfaces will lead to improving overall cleanliness and comfort for visitors.
Checkout all the entrie here.
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