See Through Public Bathroom
Colorful transparent toilets come to tokyo the idea of using a public bathroom with see through walls may sound like the stuff of nightmares.
See through public bathroom. They are built of one way glass allowing anyone inside to see everyone outside but no one outside to see anyone inside. They even do so after dark since the interiors have no lighting. The bathrooms are clean and you can see everything outside while you are inside.
Pretty random and crazy. To mark world toilet day the global poverty project brought a see through toilet to washington square park in new york city courtesy of unilever domestos. Unveiled in 2012 the restrooms resemble a large mirrored box in sulphur springs courthouse square.
They re illuminated by leds that ring the outside. There is a giant chess board outside in the square here if you have any interest in that. So what s the deal with these see through tokyo public toilets by pritzker prize winning architect shigeru ban.
Well though they re transparent when not in use they turn opaque when occupied. The mission was to apply innovative design to make public bathrooms accessible for everyone regardless of gender age or disability with a goal that people will feel comfortable using these. Tokyo has installed two see through bathroom facilities in public parks allowing people to see how clean they are before deciding to use them at which point they turn opaque.
Located in sulphur springs tx. In reality using the bathroom isn t really as daunting as it may at first seem as the see through walls automatically turn opaque when you go inside and lock the door.
