Aurland public toilets / Saunders arkitektur & Wilhelmsen arkitektur
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Dec 2008
Uploaded by Nico Saieh — Filed under: Public Facilities ,Selected , Concrete, Norway, Saunders Architecture, Wood
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As we already published the Aurland Look out project by Todd Saunders & Tommie Wilhelmsen, we are featuring now the public toilets included on that amazing wooden platform.
More pictures and drawings after the break.
From the Look out text:
“The architecture of the public toilet is opposite of the lookout. While the lookout is light looking the pubic toilet is black painted concrete that is more heavy and solid in appearance. The building is pushed slightly over the edge. The gives it drama yet also creates a facade that is inaccessible to the public. People can look out to the great view from inside the toilets, but no one can look in.”
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- plan
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- east elevation
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- north elevation
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- south elevation
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- west elevation
Beautiful!
Gorgeous views. This reminds me of the trio of Mockbee toilets in Alabama. One has a similarly scenic view, and one is a tower with an open roof that frames the sky. Nice project!
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Beautiful work. I’m not sure that it seems right to have public toilets be so prominent in the landscape though (if the surroundings are as unspoilt as they appear)..?
Breathtaking, wonderful and i dont know any other word for that.
Now what more can I say, but art can also be functional!
the new castle. solitude. and solid-tude. adore this. i want to live here.
what a shame it’s a toilet…
Love it, and the couple heading into the toilet… guess they love it too.
Now if you could look at the full view while sat on the crapper, that would be perfection.
y a les fosses d’aisance et puis y a les fenêtres sur le monde http://tinyurl.com/6npqmh toute une différence…
its cold up there. be careful that your cheeks don’t freeze to the seat
Excelente diseño y espectacular visual que cultivan asepsia.
so reminisce of the Peter Zumpthor’s Baths in Vals
wow, even the aurland lookout’s loo is beaut http://tinyurl.com/6npqmh
Public toilets, at their best. http://tinyurl.com/6npqmh
xese pshla ki agnanteue
Wilhelmsens stupid vision coming true : “I want the roof, the wall and the floor to be just one element” … He does this in everything he does. So funny folding shit today too … biiiip.
What an amazing s**t house! Great job guys! I wish I could use it one day…
;-)))
A great russian comedian once said; you can tell the wellbeing of a nation/people by the design of their toilets..
clearly awesome
every one is beeing kinda zumthorish lately, just in the cosmetic aspect, but I like this project anyway.
New blog about the Aurland lookout/public toilets in Norway http://bit.ly/cbpoB such a BEAUTIFUL view.
Great project, cool toilet and view.
cool.very nice
really nice!!!
Fantastic! What a view from a toilet!
i am amazed…this will make you feel at home
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