Young Bird Plan 2018 International On the Frontier Toilet Design Competition

Young Bird Plan 2018 International On the Frontier Toilet Design Competition

The Site

Yongchuan, a district of western Chongqing, China, is located by the north side of upper reach of Yangtze River. Recordof Yongchuan County wrote in the Guangxu Period, logs that Yongchuan is named for its geographic features. Three rivers converge on this place, appearing to be the Chinese character Yong in seal script. This district has a moderate climate and flat lands with 46.5% of forest cover. The percentage of days with good air quality reaches 94.5%. Those treasured natural resources will be conducive for entrants to devise their schemes

The Challenge

This competition challenges creative minds to select one of the sites (located in Songgai Town and Zhutuo Town, YongchuanDistrict) provided in the site description, and design a public toilet.

Entrants are required to think out of the box and design a 30 to 70 square meters public toilet without height limitation in Yongchuan District, based on hygienic, convenient, safe and energy-saving principles. (schemes should be limited within above size standards) The public toliet should consist of male toilets, women toilets, unisex toilets and management room. Besides, management room is for cleaning and management. This user-centered toilet should speak for local culture, serving as a building icon that harmonizes with surrounding landscape.

Evaluation Criteria

-Culture-respecting

Careful consideration and flexible use of the physical geography, location, resources, convention of the site; innovative reflection of local uniqueness (culture and custom).

-Frontier

Fully understand the description of “On the Frontier” in the competition theme and illustrate your understanding towards the theme in schemes.

-Eco-friendly

Taking “energy-efficient, land-saving, green” as goals, it should give priority to ecological features and people’s livelihood. When using products provided by Dong Peng Group, designers should consider how to optimize or utilize its products so that the architecture will be eco-friendly and even recycling.

-Practicable

Toilet is the most basic facility of infrastructure. Local common materials, techniques and their cost need to be considered when designing. The scheme should be practicable, functional and aesthetic.

-Material-utilizing

Rational utilizing appointed products and materials offered by Dong Peng, deep understanding of Dong Peng spirit and outstanding interpretation of “Frontier” will be a plus.