Easehouse for Singeldingen Foundation by Lagado Architects
Dutch firm Lagado Architects have designed a temporary public toilet block with wide open sections in the roof so users can sit on the toilet and look up into the sky (+ slideshow).
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Lagado Architects designed the Easehouse toilet block for the Singeldingen Foundation, a summer program with a pop-up coffee bar in the playground of Heemraadspark in Rotterdam.
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"The open roof reinforces the idea of still being outside while providing the necessary ventilation," Verhagen said.
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"The trees above the roof give a protected and covered feeling and cast shadows into the interior and on the closed roof surfaces," he added.
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The dark green and brown building is split into two toilets, one for adults and one for children, neatly divided by a central entrance and a diagonal step.
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The roof is an ensemble of four triangular sections, folding down into a point at the front entrance.
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Architects Victor Verhagen and Maria Vasiloglou said they designed the public toilet block to have a low-tech and outdoor feeling.
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Designed for use in summer, the building can be easily taken apart and transported.
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Other toilets featured on Dezeen include public toilets made from a single curved wall beneath a gabled roof, an outdoor urinal that slots into a hay bale and public toilets in New Zealand shaped like headless dinosaurs.
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Photographs are by the architects and Rubén Dario Kleimeer.
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