Located at the intersection of sculpture and architecture, TOLO's XYYXXY Accessible Restroom is designed as a counterpoint to the “normative” bathroom. The plan takes the shape of a disfigured cross with a “non-gendered” toilet or urinal stall located at the end of each spoke. The impetus for the project was North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” HB2, which sought to restrict the bathroom transgender people can use. XYYXXY emblematizes the cultural issues at play in these so-called “Potty Laws,” as well as other historic civil rights laws, that have sought to define how restrooms are designed and used.
Join us as we talk to the designers of the XYYXXY Accessible Restroom, TOLO Architecture partners Sarah Lorenzen and Peter Tolkin, for a presentation and discussion Monday, March 15th, from 1-2 pm EST / 10-11 am PST, looking at the potential of the toilet.
To RSVP for this virtual panel, please click the "reserve" button at this link. Space is limited and registration is required to attend.
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I love talking about toilets! Looking forward to this.
Can someone explain why it’s called XYYXXY?
Perhaps you can register for the event and ask them yourself.
Yeah, maybe. Just a curious play on basic biology...xyy and xxy are both rare syndromes. Just wondering where they were going with that.
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