The site is located at the intersection between the bustling Yinbing Road and East Qinhuang Street of Qinhuangdao. Yingbing Road connects Qinhuangdao Railway Station with Renmin Square, where they are a lot of tourists and passengers, showing the important urban image of Qinhuangdao. Houmafang toilet is built beside the street in the center of the sidewalk, which hinders the vision of pedestrians. East Qinhuang Street connects New Century Park and Renmin Square, making it an important place for the leisure and entertainment of the people. Toilet renovation needs to facilitate life and meet the demands of citizens.
The scheme focuses on the change of “wall”, which is no longer a fundamental component to divide the space of buildings. Instead, the wall is expanded to mutual interactions with people rather than hindering the vision and traffic of pedestrians. Architectural background includes people near buildings, bicycles, and dogs. In this case, in addition to satisfying the physiological needs of people, public toilets link cities, streets, and people.
The bars are processed by light and transparent polycarbonate with a photosensitive coating, which makes it possible to change colors under sunlight. The four colors of photosensitive coating represent the blue sky, blue water, green land, and golden sand of Qinhuangdao. In the evening, built-in LED lights are turned on, illuminating and guiding the streets in the city. In addition, The supporting bar is installed at the bottom of the seat, which requires 90 degrees of upward turning. Users can decide how many bars to be upwardly turned according to those who need to take seats. The electromagnetic lock consists of a suction plate and lock. The lock is installed on the fixed bar with the suction plate. Articles are stored within the cavity of bars.
The system of bars can provide unique service functions without adding extra service space to buildings. Based on the size of the bars, useful and basic articles are placed within the bars, such as umbrellas, raincoats, power banks, and car locks, which can be borrowed by using mobile phones for selection. After completing the procedure, the electromagnetic lock is cut off from electricity, separating the lock from the suction plates, so that users can take off the bars. Afterward, it is put back to the original position to electrify the electromagnetic lock.
