01INCLUSIVE PARK
04CODING EXPLORATION
05PACKAGING DESIGN
06URBAN SKETCHING
07ART GALLERY
08PATTERN RECOGNITION & WHY?



PUBLIC SPACE DESIGN

April2025

YISUALSS

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PUBLIC WASHROOMS DESIGN 


This project reveals what public toilets quietly confess about belonging—who gets to linger in the city, who must hurry through.

In India, Sulabh Shauchalayas (Public Washrooms) were urban ghosts—tucked behind intersections, used by street vendors and daily-wage workers, invisible to everyone else. Women rarely appeared near them. One day, a busy facility simply vanished for a luxury high-rise. Official reason: "No one used it." The truth: the users didn't matter.

Japan's Tokyo Toilet Project flips this script. Shigeru Ban and others transformed toilets into architectural pauses—clean, calm, dignified landmarks. Wim Wenders' Perfect Days captures this ethos: a toilet cleaner's quiet routine honors labor itself, not through romance but recognition.

My design caters to Manipal's campus character and the staff using the space ensuring physical & emotional safety.

This isn't just about sanitation rather social infrastructure—restrooms as radical dignity, proving cities can design for everyone worth seeing.

Created using Google Gemini (for Potential Representational Purposes only)


Proximity Chart
Site Analysis (MAHE)
Structure Exploration
Bubble Zoning 
Movement Mapping
Activity Mapping
Sensory Mapping
Accessibility Mapping
Pathway Illustration of the Site

Tokyo Toilet-inspired toilets elevate everyday infrastructure to quiet dignity—minimal curves, materials inviting calm care without spectacle.
Blending into public life, they transform it through tactility and honesty, earning trust over applause.
This shaped the design: calm yet powerful, minimal yet human, inclusive in silence.  





  • Spatial Access: 1:20 ramps + tactile strips; 1200 mm paths, 1500 mm turns; non-slip/anti-glare floors; 950–1000 mm doors; looped ergonomic flow.
  • Toilet Accessibility: 3 stalls (2.0×2.4 m) + grab bars; integrated baby/breastfeeding; equal gendered/all-gender zones; full-height partitions; separate sinks.
  • Fixtures: Tiered sink heights (0.65–0.85 m); knee clearance; lever taps; visual occupancy lights.
  • Neurodiverse: Silent soft-lit pods; color/shape navigation; unlabeled decompression; visual/tactile cues; calming planters/scents.
  • Signage: High-contrast multilingual icons (Eng/Hin/Kan); braille/tactile; universal symbols.
  • Cultural: Prayer-neutral zones; integrated non-binary; manual controls; warm calming lights.






03SOUND WALK

Tools used