Hiroshima welcomes Park restrooms

Hiroshima Park Restroom is a project built in the park of Hiroshima city, and a result of a design competition. It is a unique public project where approximately five restrooms per year are mass-produced in parks, as a regular design of the city.

The architect Bunzo Ogawa explains his work:

- First of all, I considered what should be embeded in the concept of a city. I wanted to design “multitude” strongly, which means more than just creating a restroom in a park. It should be given a meaning as a whole of the infrastructure in the city. I aimed at creating an interaction of man and a city.

”Park restroom” is opene to all people and exists semi-permanently. Therefore the walls and ceilings should not be broken. The structure of the restroom is a box frame type reinforced with concrete construction. Concrete is poured by the ruler of stainless steel in the edge of the angle part of the roof. The roof has a finish in a fluoric resin topcoat with FRP waterproofing, therefore it is possible to put the different color every roof of the restroom.

5 restrooms in 5 parks were completed in October in 2009 and next 7 will be completed in March this year. After that they will be built around five places sequentially every year.