People’s Architecture Office (PAO) has completed a public restroom in Beijing shaped by a single meandering wall. Named Amoeba Public Restroom, the project is located in Manshan Park, a popular destination in Mentougou, Beijing known for its markets, exhibitions, and music performances.
“Amoeba Public Restroom is an all-gender facility that is designed to [be] welcoming for all people,” the team explains. “The design features a single meandering wall, which creates distinct individual stalls while maintaining an open and interconnected interior. Conical spaces form light wells that draw natural light into each stall. The resulting spaces bring a sacred beauty to the most profane of activities.”
Each stall within the scheme has a unique shape and size. Stall doors do not seal above or below to create a continuity of space and to underscore the facility’s emphasis on inclusion over segregation. At each end of the building, wash basins are shared among all users.
News of the project comes in the same month that MAD Architects published new photographs of their Philharmonic Concert Hall in Beijing as the complex nears completion. Other developments from the Chinese capital recently reported in our editorial include an ambitious plan by city officials to construct 245 new museums in Beijing by 2035.
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the beauty of this design is if all stalls are occupied you can just use one of the nooks on the outside
The lights will eventually be RAL 1018.5 - Piss Yellow
Wow- just wow.
In addition to wow: What an amazing design. I have no criticism. Looks like a well-thought out building. I can see this applying to many other functions and uses too. Could be a fun tiny house design. Awesome potential for 3D printing.
#rickitect
Cf. Aalto vase:
I see your Aalto vase, and raise you a Goldsworthy wall
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