Public Toilets
Who said public toilets should be limited to standard stalls and can't be thoughtful and serve as an integral part of the community context?
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Kumutoto Toilets
Situated by the seaside, this public toilet mimics some form of a crustacean sea creature, respecting the surrounding historical context where red metal rainscreen panels match the color of the sheds of the buildings around them and concrete structure grounds them. Also, these fun forms can be seen from many different angles and are easily recognizable. Some say that these "creatures" have become icons!
Trail Restrooms
This public bathroom is organized in a spiral formation of 49 Corten steel plates where at the end of the spiral closing in, is the public bathroom. According to PHLUSH (Public Hygiene Lets Us Stay Human organization), this public facility is rated as one of the best public restrooms in the world. These panels that stand at various heights also stand alone as sculptures as well.
Wembley WC Pavilion
This star shaped public bathroom is surrounded by shiny metal perforated metals with concrete base that allows air and light in naturally. During night, the light from the inside makes this glow very beautifully and elegantly.
Public Bathroom
This huge public facility has public shower rooms as well as public toilets and knows how to make an architectural statement. This building looks different from different angles, sometimes it seems to cut through like a knife, sometimes it has an elegant curve that terminates on the grass from far away, they look like white spaceships.
Seaside Periscope
This public bathroom lets the user see out to the Baltic Sea through the use of a periscope. The concrete building itself is shaped as a crest of a wave in profile, to mimic its surrounding. The interstitial space between the 2 bathrooms become a casual public space.
Isemachi Public Toilet
If there is a public bathroom that blends in as effortlessly with its immediate urban context, this is one of the best examples. Cleverly placed men's and women's bathrooms, these elegant white corrugated metal panels curving shapes inviting the users in as well as the cars into the parking lot.