Hatagaya Toilet

Toilets are a symbol of Japan's world-renowned hospitality culture. Public toilets have been redesigned in 17 locations throughout Shibuya (Tokyo, Japan) with the help of 16 creators invited from around the world. 

…With Toilet
Does a public toilet ever become the center of attention in a local community?

Public toilets can often become underused, lose their value to people and gradually forgotten.

To try and reverse that trend we created ‘...With Toilet’.

It is a public toilet combined with an additional functional space which can be used for various purposes by everyone.

We hope that it will be used as an exhibition space, pop-up kiosk, small information center or a cozy meeting space, and become the center of the local community.

Architectural design: Kotaro Imai laboratory and Kentaro Honma laboratory from IIS, The University of Tokyo.