the wheelie bin hidden within the city streetscape
analyzing anti-social behaviours in london, designer stephan bischof has recently finished an installation under the name designrat project which consists of a series of public objects which respond to public behaviours. one of the objects is the ‘wheelie bin urinal’ experiment, in which bischof wants to create public awareness of the common problem of public urination.
the wheelie bin urinal is a prototype experiment which explores how we could facilitate the legal act of urinating in public in designated areas. the wheelie bin’s existing unhygienic properties and public / domestic location presents itself as a tool in which to interact and investigate street behaviours. early prototypes of the bin were installed on busy roads in the lewisham borough of london, in which people’s frequent interactions with the bins were documented. from these observations, the bin’s design was modified. urine is channelled into a base, where a tray with dried garden grass or wood ash from a household furnace, absorb the liquid to create a bio-fertilizer – nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium(this was tested and proven by a research study in 2007) by the university of kuopio in finland. it wheelie bin urinal brings together something which is usually frowned upon, and turns it into a kind of environmental urban intervention. the bins blend into the urban landscape, taking on the same form as large commercial waste bins.
the wheelie bin
‘public urination permitted’
drainage system
step stool which pulls out upon use
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I’m not pulling out a step stool, and if those wheelie bins are the size of ours, even at 6 foot 2, I think I’m a little too short to use it anyways. The hole needs to be a bit closer to my midsection and not above my belly button.
Why is the business end right next to the handle?
Has he never seen a wheelie bin tipped over?
I would not be pulling that step out to use… urgh.
There was a somewhat similar concept shown on the US tv show Shark Tank, a tube that resembles a golf club, for use by a golfer a distance from the clubhouse.
near whom garden it is? Not my, thank God.