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In Asian countries, designing public toilets can be considered a challenging and prestigious task for architectural practices. Starchitects like Sou Fujimoto or Toyo Ito create appealing lavatories across the continent. This approach has resulted in an abundance of remarkable designs—these are just a few examples!
White Vessel Toilet
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Architects: Sou Fujimoto
The main feature of this public toilet in central Tokyo is the outdoor, white, bowl-like basin with taps at different heights which are accessible both from the street and the toilet entrance.
Mushroom Public Toilet
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Architects: Toyo Ito
Designed by Pritzker Prize laureate Toyo Ito in Tokyo’s Shibuya district, three mushroom-shaped toilet blocks are reminiscent of mushrooms growing in a nearby forest.
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Amoeba Public Restroom
Location: Beijing, China
Architects: People’s Architecture Office
The gently curved, elevated walls of the amoeba public restroom in Beijing frame the radial cubicles.
Hiroshima Park Restrooms
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Architects: Future Studio
This series of 17 colorful urban toilets in Hiroshima resemble origami cranes folded from brightly coloured paper.
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The Light Box
Location: Thane, India
Architects: Rohan Chavan
The mature tree that this ladies’ toilet in Thane is neatly built around provides shade and coolness to female visitors on hot days.
Zuzhai Village Toilet
Location: Jiangmen, China
Architects: cnS
This public toilet is built on the site of a previous one and reuses the materials of its predecessor—although not in the conventional way: by ‘packing’ bricks and tiles into metal-framed blocks.
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Floating Concrete Toilet
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Architects: Suppose Design Office
Another Tokyo toilet. An interesting play of contrasts: the monolith concrete facade seems to float above the ground, as if weightless.
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