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Intro
URBAN TOILETS – ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION
Urban Toilets challenges architects and designers to reimagine the public restroom as more than a basic infrastructural necessity. Long overlooked or reduced to purely functional terms, this essential urban element is reframed as a powerful architectural device – capable of expressing care, inclusion and cultural values within the public realm.
Participants are invited to design an Urban Toilet that responds to a chosen context anywhere in the world. With no predefined site, the competition encourages designers to identify real needs for public services and to propose interventions that meaningfully improve existing conditions through architecture.
The goal is to explore how form, materiality, spatial organisation and user experience can elevate an everyday act into a memorable architectural experience. Projects may range from discreet, context-integrated solutions to bold landmarks, embracing experimentation, originality and formal freedom. Particular attention should be given to privacy, accessibility, durability and long-term use, while ensuring comfort and inclusion.
Rather than offering a single solution, Urban Toilets seeks ideas that rethink the role of public facilities in the contemporary city – demonstrating how thoughtful design can transform necessity into opportunity and contribute positively to shared urban life.
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17.02.2026 – 24.04.2026
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24.04.2026 – 19.06.2026
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19.06.2026 – 10.07.2026
3:00 pm CET
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One A1 Panels 594 x 841 mm (horizontal)
A brief text describing the proposal
10.07.2026
3:00 pm CET
10.08.2026
12:00 pm CET
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Jury

CECILIA L. MUIÑOS
Mol Arquitectura
[Ourense, Spain]
Architect, co-founder of MOL Arquitectura in 2002, and lecturer in the Master’s in Timber Construction at CESUGA, with numerous recognitions including FAD Awards, Galicia Rehabilitation Awards, Porcelanosa Awards, C.O.A.G. Awards, Gran de Area, AMAD…

DAIGO ISHII
Future-scape Architects
[Tokyo, Japan]
Daigo Ishii obtained his master’s degree from Waseda University and subsequently gained professional experience at Hiroshi Hara + Atelier Architects. He later co-founded VOYAGER and went on to establish Future-scape Architects. Ishii has developed a wide range of…

AGUSTINA BERTA
TAF/Metalocus
[Madrid, Spain]
Architect, graduated with honors from the National University of Rosario (UNR), Argentina. She completed the master’s degree in advanced architectural and urban design at the University of Alcalá de Henares (2025) and a Postgraduate Degree in Strategic Design…

TIAGO PEDROZA MARTINS
Pema Studio
[Aves,Portugal]
Tiago Filipe Pedrosa Martins is an active member of the Portuguese Architects Association Order and holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from the Escola de Arquitetura da Universidade do Minho, Portugal, since 2015. He completed his final academic year…

ZEHUA ZHANG
KPF
[New York, USA]
Zehua Zhang is an architect with seven years of professional experience in New York and currently serves as an Associate Principal at KPF. He is a licensed architect in New York State, a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and a LEED Accredited…

FLORENCIA CICERI
FAPyD – UNR
[Rosario, Argentina]
Architect, graduated from the Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Design at the National University of Rosario in 2011. Since 2013, she has been a lecturer in the Theory and Techniques of Architectural Design area, working to provide students with the basic tools for analysis…

GIUSEPPE GERACI
Sapienza
[Rome, Italy]
Giuseppe Geraci (CL, 1993) is an architect and holds a PhD in Landscape and Environment (January 2025) from Sapienza University of Rome. He graduated in Architecture from the University of Palermo in 2018 and obtained the PARES Master’s degree from…

LORENZO DE PASCALE
Commisura
[Milan, Italy]
Lorenzo de Pascale is an architect based in Milan. He completed his academic education with honours between Milan and Santiago de Chile and subsequently developed teaching activities as an assistant at the Politecnico di Milano. After several years of professional…
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