How Are Public Washrooms Shaping Places in China?

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Public Toilets in Zuzhai Village / cnS. Image © Siming Wu

In recent years, with the accelerated urban development of public spaces in China, public washrooms have been assigned numerous new roles. Designers have come up with a variety of proposals which suggest turning public washrooms into a place where social gathering can be redefined, and temporary stay can be more engaging. Although the scale of public washrooms is significantly smaller than that of any other type of architecture, Chinese architects have been working innovatively on fitting the public washrooms into the changing social contexts. Below are a few examples that demonstrate some current architectural experiments with public washroom design in China.

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Cite: Scarlett Miao. "How Are Public Washrooms Shaping Places in China?" 30 Nov 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/952031/how-are-public-washrooms-shaping-places-in-china> ISSN 0719-8884

Nantou Public Toilet / Edge Studio. Image © Zhuoheng Fu

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