Trident Latrina Publica by Yan Gu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Supellex Viae Competition Category.

ArgentumSupellex Viae· 2020

Trident Latrina Publica

by Yan Gu

Client: Mccacti

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Supellex Viae Category

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The Design

About Trident Latrina Publica

Trident est latrina publica ut aedificium viale normatum et modulare designata. Unaquaeque unitas est structura unius tabulati cum area a quadraginta ad septuaginta metra quadrata. Frons tabula perforata muro velario tegitur, colore caeruleo fluorocarbonico pigmento perpolito. Systema photovoltaicum in tecto electricitatem latrinae praebet et etiam incolis vicinis auxilium ferre potest. Epistomia sensoria, valvulae abluentes, mensa lavatoria integrata ex marmore artificioso factaque, et systema aeris purgandi interius mundum et facile ad curandum servant.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Trident Latrina Publica victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Trident Latrina Publica opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Trident Latrina Publica creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Trident is a public toilet built by customizing the "product standardization process",unified visual+modularity+humanization+technology，to bring users a better sense of experience.
Different from ordinary public toilets,a photovoltaic power generation system is specially set up on the roof of Trident , which can also provide power support for the surrounding residents to use the environment, while satisfying the basic conditions of the public toilets' own electricity.
Dimensions & Packaging: The size of each public toilet project is different. All are single-storey independent buildings with an area ranging from 40-70 square meters and a floor height ranging from 3.5-5 meters.
Production Technology: The facade walls are decorated with blue fluorocarbon paint perforated panel curtain wall, brushed stainless steel metal logo uses blue Acrylic to form a fixed social cognition. The internal wall surface, floor and all facilities are treated with gray waterproof paint. The hand-washing table is designed with all-corner artificial marble integrated hand-washing table to reduce the difficulty of cleaning, which is visually beautiful and reduces the accumulation of stained waster water.
Design Challenge: In addition to the architectural design itself, the greater difficulty lies in the overall improvement of the use environment, including air purification systems, identification systems, and administrator training, etc.
Research: Research Type: Social Public Facilities Research
Research target: To solve problems in urban public toilet renewal
Method: Product Design + Operation Integration
Data collection and research tools: extensive social research
Participants or experiments: air purification experiments, building facade module experiments
Results: 30 public toilets in Shanghai Pudong have been put into normal use
Insights: productive architectural design will become a new way to solve social public facilities architecture.
Inspiration: Based on the social background of the "Toilet Revolution", Trident designs public utility buildings as products and hopes to solve the problems of dirty and poor urban public toilets, difficult to find locations, aging equipment, and weak management.
Project Duration: The project started in Shanghai Pudong in April 2019, was completed in October 2019, and was put into use in October 2019.
Operation Flow: The blue system signage,together with Beicai public toilet exclusive LOGO for promotional slogan display and indoor map guidance. A human body induction lamp is added to the toilet board, which is in off state when no one is using it, and remains on for 3 minutes to remind users. The design of sensor faucet and flush valve,clean and sanitary, avoid cross infection.Air purification machine and special fragrance system to improve the air quality in the toilet.
Team Members: Yan Gu