Archinect - News 2024-11-21T13:00:05-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150253911/how-the-toilet-can-be-an-icon-of-social-justice-sustainability-and-wellness How the Toilet Can Be an Icon of Social Justice, Sustainability, and Wellness Archinect 2021-03-08T18:10:00-05:00 >2021-03-10T18:52:24-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/40/40b91a0028d364803d3a31d4a85fabec.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Located at the intersection of sculpture and architecture, <a href="https://archinect.com/TOLO" target="_blank">TOLO</a>'s XYYXXY Accessible Restroom is designed as a counterpoint to the &ldquo;normative&rdquo; bathroom. The plan takes the shape of a disfigured cross with a &ldquo;non-gendered&rdquo; toilet or urinal stall located at the end of each spoke. The impetus for the project was North Carolina&rsquo;s &ldquo;bathroom bill&rdquo; HB2, which sought to restrict the bathroom transgender people can use. XYYXXY emblematizes the cultural issues at play in these so-called &ldquo;Potty Laws,&rdquo; as well as other historic civil rights laws, that have sought to define how restrooms are designed and used.</p> <p>Join us as we talk to the designers of the XYYXXY Accessible Restroom, TOLO&nbsp;Architecture partners Sarah Lorenzen and Peter Tolkin, for&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a href="https://parade.build/events?event_id=23&amp;platform=archinect-XYYXXY" target="_blank">presentation and discussion Monday, March 15th, from 1-2 pm EST / 10-11 am PST</a>, looking at the potential of the toilet.</p> <p>To RSVP for this virtual panel,&nbsp;<a href="https://parade.build/events?event_id=23&amp;platform=archinect-XYYXXY" target="_blank">please click the "reserve" button at this link</a>. Space is limited and registration is required to attend....</p>