Transparent Toilets In Tokyo!
Sep 01, 2020
Just when we thought Japan is at the peak of advancement, we found another innovative technology that has changed the way people use public washrooms there. Tokyo has installed these ‘Transparent and colorful washroom’ in two of the parks in the city and they aim to reinvent public washroom facilities.
Tokyo’s transparent toilets turn heads: The walls of the cubicles are made of special glass which remains see-through until the user locks the door pic.twitter.com/vJ8tHnjY6d
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 26, 2020
The walls of these washrooms remain transparent only when unlocked.
Transparent public toilets in Japan that turn opaque when they’re being used.
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) August 24, 2020
One of those cases where you *really* don’t want a tech malfunction. pic.twitter.com/ObMuZ4ZCMs
As soon as someone enters the washroom and turns the lock, the walls turn opaque and the people can use the washroom privately.
The Tokyo Toilet Project: Pritzker Prize winners Shigeru Ban, Tadao Ando, Toyo Ito, and Fumihiko Maki among designers of new public restrooms https://t.co/UBs0VMwrNh pic.twitter.com/FhA0oQc6cW
— Archinect (@archinect) August 17, 2020
Architect Shigeru Ban is the one who came up with the idea of using smart glass to construct these washrooms.
While people were skeptical about using the washrooms at first, they soon got used to the idea and loved it!
Beautiful idea it is...
— Kiran Yadav (@Sun__shiiine) August 18, 2020
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Interesting! Thanks for sharing. My interest in public toilets precedes me. ???? Tokyo tho always bringing the innovation!!
— Lynda Lopez (@Lyndab08) August 27, 2020
What do you think of this unique design?