PUBLIC TOILET

Submitted by :
Avantika Chauhan
INTRODUCTION
A BRIEF OVERVIEW
 WHAT IS A PUBLIC TOILET
A GENERAL OVERVIEW
• A public toilet is a room or small building with toilets and sinks that does not
belong to a particular household. Rather, the toilet is available for use by the
general public. Public toilets are commonly separated into male and female
facilities, although some are unisex, especially for small or single-occupancy
public toilets.
• Increasingly, public toilets are accessible to people with disabilities. Public
toilets are known by many other names depending on the country.
Examples are: restroom, bathroom, men's room, women's room in the US,
washroom in Canada, and toilets, lavatories, water closet (W.C.), ladies and
gents in Europe. In some parts of the world, they are referred to as the loo.
• Some public toilets are free of charge while others charge a fee. In the latter
case they are also called pay toilets

Add a footer 3
 FR

TYPES OF PUBLIC TOILET

TYPES CAN BE CATEGORIZED AS:
• Public toilets can be categorised on the basis of two broad aspects:
1. ON STREET CONVENIENCE
• MOBILE PORTABLE TOILETS: THESE CAN BE PUT INTO USE WHENEVER AND
WHEREVER NEEDED.
• PERMANENT STAND ALONE TOILET: THESE ARE PAY AND USE TOILETS INSTALLED AND
MAINTAINED BY PRIVATE FIRMS.
• PERMANENT TOILET BLOCK: THESE ARE THE SEPARATE TOILET BLOCKS USUALLY
MAINTAINED AND RUN BY THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
2. OFF STREET CONVENIENCE
• PERMANENT TOILET: THESE ARE THE TOILETS OWNED BY PRIVATE MALLS, THEATRES,
CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTRES ETC.

Add a footer 4
LITERATURE STUDY
A S T U D Y O F S TA N D A R D S
 FR
WC AND ITS LAYOUT
Standard dimensions Toilet clearence

• These western wc’s primarily tend to have a • A WC should not be set closer than 450mm from its centre to
standard width of 300 mm and length of 600 any side wall, partition, vanity or other obstruction. There
mm whereby the height varies from 300- should be at least a 900mm clearance in front of the WC to
400mm. any wall, fixture or door
• WC cubicles shall be at least 900mm (width) x 1500mm
Add a footer (length). 6
 FR
URINAL

STANDARD DIMENSION SINGLE URINAL MULTIPLE URINAL

Individually wall-hung urinal units shall be at least A urinal should not be set closer than 450mm from its There should be a minimum space of 700 mm from
300mm wide and the lip of the collection area shall centre to any side wall, partition, vanity or other centre to centre of two adjacent urinals. Urinals should
project from the wall by at least 300mm. If 2 or more obstruction. There should be at least a 900mm clearance be separated by modesty boards of not less than 300mm
urinals are installed, 1 urinal should be installed at child’s in front of the urinal to any wall, fixture or door x 1800mm (Height) to act as a visual barrier between
height. urinals.

Add a footer 7
 FR
WASH BASIN

• A wash basin should not be set

closer than 450 mm from its centre
to any side wall, partition, vanity or
other obstruction, or closer than
900 mm centre-to-centre between
adjacent fixtures.
STANDARD DIMENSION • There should be at least a 900 mm
clearance in front of the wash
basin to any wall, fixture or door
WASH BASIN HEIGHT Wash basins should be substantial in
size. The basins should have a
Washbansins are mostly at an average minimum size of 500mm in length
height of approximately 750-900 mm and 400mm in width.
for the ease of users.

Add a footer 8
 FR
TOILET LAYOUTS
DISABLED TOILETS ARE OF THE SIZE
STANDARD TOILET CABINS ARE OF SIZE
1500 BY 1500 MM
900 BY 1500 MM

Add a footer 9
 ADDITIONAL TOILET SERVICES

DIAPER CHANGING
LITTER BINS TOILET PAPER DISPENSER SOAP DISPENSER BABY SEAT
STATION

Toilet Paper Dispensers Soap Dispensers Instead of liquid soap, the Baby Seats In both male and female
Diaper Changing Stations Diaper Litterbins: Litterbins shall be use of foam soap, which is less soapy, is
changing stations, benches or provided directly below or in close Installation of double-roll toilet toilets, a minimum of 1 baby seat
paper dispensers are recommended to reduce water usage and should be provided in the WC
tables (See Illustration 21) should proximity (preferably located in prevent theft.
be placed in both male and female front of the wash basins) to the recommended so that replacing a cubicle. Signage should be
roll of toilet paper is done only At a minimum, for every 2 count of wash displayed on cubicle doors to
toilets where families may utilise wash basins to minimise tiny bits of basins, 1 soap dispenser shall be provided. For
the facility. litter on the floor left behind by when it fully runs out. indicate the presence of a baby
a long basin trough, 1 soap dispenser shall be seat.
users provided for every 2 taps.
NANTOU PUBLIC TOILET

LOCATION:The project is located in

a wood in Shenzhen, China.
ARCHITECT: Edge studio
AREA: 80 M2
 ARCHITECT’S APPROACH
A GENERAL OVERVIEW
• The architect believed that the woods were
originally the owner of the place. They have set up
a series of protective umbrellas for the site, so he
decided not to cut them.
• After this determination the design goal was to
focus on how to avoid the main root system of all
the trees in the structural foundation.

Add a footer 12
 FR

THE FOUR LEAF APPROACH

• According to the building function, they split the THE FOUR LEAF UNITS
form into four similar small leaves units, that
consists of-
• 8 toilet seats for women
• 7 toilet seats for men
• an accessible toilets
• a baby care room
• a management room.
• The tip of the leaves is the entrance, and the wider
abdomen forms the toilet space.

Add a footer 13
NANTOU PUBLIC TOILET PLAN

ELEVATION

The new public toilet requires 8 toilet seats for women, 7 toilet seats for men, an accessible toilets, a
baby care room and a management room. If all these functions are contained in a single building, the
land area will cover more than 80 square meters, and some trees will be cut off, Hence the areas
have been divided into four separate blocks.
 FR
COLUMN FOUNDATION
Each unit is only equipped with two
columns, which are arranged on
the central axis of the interior to
ensure that the column foundation
keep away from the root; in this way,
the size of the foundation ring beam
which plays a stabilizing role can be
reduced,so that the scope of
foundation pit excavation can be
further reduced to protect the root
system

Add a footer 15
 FR
FLOATING ROOF
• In order to be more suitable for
overhanging and reduce the size of
components, the steel structure is selected
for the roof.

• The roof is a titanium zinc standing seam

system, and the ceiling is a dry- hanging
aluminum single veneer system.

• Through the design of double-layer

cornice,it become an integrated roof, which
is completely separated from the enclosure
structure of metal curtain wall. This is a
"floating" roof

Add a footer 16
 FR
FLOATING ROOF

• The height of the building is limited to less than 3.2 meters

according to the location of the branch of the trunk.
• And the entry for the leaf structures is through the courtyard.
• The released structural space covered by the dense dark gray
metal veneer curtain wall accommodates the equipment
pipelines.
• These four small units back from the footpath and live under
the canopy of the forest.
• The four leafs,low and gentle slope roof redefines the space
under the woods, which we call them" leaf garden".
Add a footer 17
Toilets by NTPC

Under ‘Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidhyalaya Abhiyan’

NTPC has committed to take up for 8152 toilets in
government schools.
These toilets are set up in over 18 states and 57
districts.
PLAN
ELEVATION
 FR
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
T H E F O L L O W I N G C O M PA R I S O N H A S B E E N D R A W N O U T B E T W E E N
NANTOU PUBLIC TOILE T AND THE TOILE TS BY NTPC
CATEGORY NANTOU NTPC
LOCATION CHINA INDIA
located in a wood in the
southwest of the intersection Located across various urban and
CONTEXT
of Shennan Avenue and sub urban areas in the country.
Nanshan Avenue
The four leaf concept being Has no such design features as
initiated between the woods to present in nantou and has been
DESIGN INTERVENTION
make it sustainable and an eco simply designed as one simple
friendly approach toilet block.
It has a complete block dedicated It has no such provisions for
DISABLE FRIENDLY
to disabled people disabled people
Has been made keeping in mind of Has been designed as a simple
USER INTERFACE AND the people’s comfort and provides toilet block with no such appealing
MAINTENANCE satiating peace because of its elements to enhance the
Add a footer apprehensive design. experience of the people. 21
Thank You.