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Rockhouse Toilet

Sanggang Village in Hebei Province

This village of Sanggang is in the process of building an agricultural museum. The village and the museum are to be explored on foot by visitors. The Rockhouse Toilet is presented as a public art space for the convenience of the visitors.

The Rockhouse outhouse is a solution for a county that respects the natural resources.

The climate of this geographical area has cold winters and hot summers. 

MODULAR DESIGN

The Rockhouse Toilet has four main characteristics: 

1. Choice of materials: rocks 

2. Water collecting roof

3. Genderneutral toilet and urinal

4. Mechanically movable composting container. 

Composting in the Rockhouse

The function of the Rockhouse is to enable the composting of the human waste. Instead of flushing the toilet, dry natural materials are used to cover the waste to absorb the smell and promote the composting. The public toilet in Sanggang is equipped with a genderneutral urinal and a toilet to divide the solids and liquids.  

ABOUT US
Duan Jun: architect
Ao Song: artist, teacher at the Agricultural University
Wang Haiqiang: design, teacher at the Agricultural University
Jin Le: artist, mayor of Shijiezi, teacher at Northwest Normal University
Hu Jianbin: doctor and project manager
Hu Jianqiang: artist and kindergarten owner
Kathleen Bell: educationalist
Das Liao: designer
Wang Shasha: project manager
Marieke Reichwein: project manager

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