#public-amenities

#public-amenities

From Restroom to Waystation - In recent years, our studio has designed a series of small-scale public restrooms through various competitions and commissions. These designs have incorporated varying degrees of public functions-such as rest areas for sanitation workers, auxiliary spaces, and vending areas-continually transforming the conventional concept of restroom spaces across different contexts. For this project, the client initially requested event storage space for Luke Island.

Serving as a multifunctional amenities building with café, dining, and gathering spaces, the suspended project inserts a striking horizontal volume into a terraced valley near the Danjiangkou Reservoir. Inspired by the accidental horizon created by a temporary blue construction fence on site, the architects translated this fleeting gesture into a permanent architectural intervention - one that stitches together the surrounding hills while redefining the relationship between landscape and built form.

"It's important that kids see something beautiful being built for them, for their self-esteem, for them to see they deserve this," said Francois Fortune-Blanchard.