Sanya Arts Space

Ladies & gents, let’s be totally candid for a sec & talk about… you guessed it, potty-time! Did you know that the standard toilet uses 15x more drinking water per day than a human does? Sure, low-flush toilets & dry urinals help reduce consumption, but what else can be done to conserve water? Considering that different types of waste require different amounts of water, designer Jose Genovés developed Natura, a toilet that adapts to male urination, female urination, & defecation, reducing water consumption by up to 60%!

For male urination, Natura provides a male urinal totally integrated into the toilet design. The urinal is a reclining element placed in the back part of the toilet and lowers toward the user with a simple “push to open” system. The urinal will dispose the urine with only a half liter of water, saving 30% of the water used by conventional toilets for the same purpose.

For female urination, the urine is disposed through an extra eco-siphon which requires only a half liter of water. As in any separating toilet, it is required to dispose of toilet paper without being flushed, otherwise no water is saved. Natura has a lower water level at the bottom of the bowl, keeping paper out of the users sight and preparing it for flush during the next cycle.

For defecation, Natura increases the water consumption from 4.5 liters to 6 to flush away any stored toilet paper. Even with the additional water consumption for this process, the toilet still reduces overall consumption by up to 60% with the reductions made during the urination process.

Designer: Jose Genovés

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The recent spate of natural and man-made disasters has put a stress on relief work being carried out by rescue agencies. One of the most predominant issues is that of human-waste management in temporary shelters. It’s easier to set up tents on fields than accommodating makeshift toilets for displaced people. The D.R. Toilet System looks into this issue and solves it with a flatpack toilet that comes with an encompassing tent for privacy and a unique waste-disposal system.

4 Main Components to the Design

Tent – Flat pack system to create awareness of the toilet and privacy. Privacy is an issue a lot of existing toilet solutions do not meet. The back of the tent has an opening where the user can pull the cart out to drop off the waste.

The static toilet – The toilet is a quick to put together and is 18″ high. It can be put together with no instructions and any one in country can easily assemble it. As well the toilet can also accommodate individuals squatting if they wish to stand up on the toilet.

The Cart – The cart is designed for the user to easily relocate the biodegradable bag of waste and simple discard it in a pit. The cart is designed to be put together by using 10 slot head screws that can also be put together using a butter knife or a coin.

The Biodegradable Bag – A Bag for the waste collection that can be buried.

Use Cycle

• The flat pack toilet system is shipped with other care/aid supplies following a natural disaster
• Once on site the package will be opened.
• The tent is first put together
• The static toilet is quickly put together
• The wheels are added to the cart and put together.
• Place a biodegradable bag onto the cart
• Individuals can start using the toilet

User Cycle

• The user opens the tent
• Uses the toilet
• Once the biodegradable bag is relatively full, from the back of the tent the user must open the back of the tent
• Pull out the cart
• Pull the drawstring and release the bag to sit on the bottom of the cart
• Push the cart to a designated location to drop the biodegradable bag of waste into a pit
• Bury the pit with the waste
• Bring the cart back to the toilet
• And repeat

Designer: Rahim Bhimani

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Experience Nirvana and access the hidden Zen master inside you by installing the Sensowash Toilet Series by Duravit. Designed by the renowned Philippe Starck, each design in the series seeks to promote wellness by claiming to take a very harmonized approach. The series includes modern day bidets, toilets with wireless remote control, heating and even a night light. From gentle cleaning to pleasant drying, the SensoWash® Starck Series also matches Duravit's D-Code range of ceramics created by Sieger Design.

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Add a touch of Zen in your bathroom by doing away with the excess and embracing simplicity. Just take a leaf (no pun intended) out of industrial designer Sam Holmes who is behind the minimalist Bamboo bathroom hanger/holder. Taking inspiration from the Bamboo tree and how it bends, the designer has come up with quite an innovative design Holmes also makes use of the Flatpack technique to achieve the desired impact. The holder is made from a sheet of laser that has been cut from stainless steel and then simply screwed.

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