Public Toilets Case Studies with Pratt Institute: Sydney, Australia

By Margot Kleinman | August 9, 2024

Written by MFA student Jean Juan with Margot Kleinman    The City of Sydney, one of Australia’s largest and fastest-growing local areas, has an estimated population of 5.2 million in 2024. (https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/sydney-population).  In the 2022/23 financial year, the city hosted 5.4 million international and domestic overnight visitors in commercial accommodation. (https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/guides/city-at-a-glance)   With so many locals…

Introducing: The Public Toilets at Pratt Institute Blog Series!

By Margot Kleinman | July 26, 2024

  This summer, Interior Design graduate students at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York have been studying public toilet availability, access, and design with a mission to make an impact on the New York City public restroom experience and share our findings along the way. A topic that affects us all, we hope to grow…

Announcement of Collaboration with Pedestrian Space!

By Phlush | June 17, 2024

Announcement of Collaboration By Genevieve Mancuso of PHLUSH and Annika Lundkvist of Pedestrian Space           PHLUSH is a nonprofit based in the United States that helps local governments and citizen groups to advocate for and provide equitable public restroom access. Pedestrian Space is a media platform and NGO devoted to issues…

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By Phlush | July 6, 2019

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By Phlush | August 3, 2014

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GottaGo! campaigning for public toilets in Ottawa

By Phlush | May 15, 2014

This guest blog post is from Joan Kuyek of GottaGo!. The GottaGo! campaign in Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, is advocating for a network of open clean, accessible public toilets and water fountains in key places in the region. Currently, the only public toilets in Ottawa are in recreation centres, libraries and large parks. When the programming…

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