A Public Calling
We need more public toilets now. We cannot rely on private businesses and the few-and-far-between public toilets in parks. A great city ?is only as great as its public toilets. This credo is even enshrined in a United Nations commitÂment made by our country in 2012: Canada recognizes the human right of everyone to safe drinking water and basic sanitation as essential ?to the right to an adequate standard of living.
Temporarily built in the heart of downtown Winnipeg, the Pop-Up Winnipeg Public Toilet presents a model for clean, accessible, well- monitored and well-maintained public washroom facilities. Photo by Jacqueline Young.
That is why we designed the Pop-Up Winnipeg Public Toilet.
Although our Pop-Up toilet is a relatively low-cost pilot summer project, it offers a model for permanent facilities. The project?s quirky design arose from a cross-sectoral partnership between our firm, BridgmanÂCollaborative Architecture; the Downtown Winnipeg BIZ; and Siloam Mission, a local charity. The Pop-Up supports at-risk youth through Siloam Mission, which offers them employment as kiosk attendants. At the kiosk, the youth sell T-shirts, bottled water and newspapers, and offer orientation services ?to visitors. Such a people-centred approach ?is distinct from automated self-cleaning washrooms and technically-driven tactics. The Pop-Up?s highly visible and bright ?orange iconic structure, accessible street furniture, plays literally on ?pop up.? It features ?a sloped walkway and a...
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