B18_#168 // The Salon // Kimberley Berney and Samuel Jaccard Ideas are meant to be shared. Not limited to selected individuals, they should be free to bounce from curious mind to curious mind. We live in an era of shared knowledge, let us tear down […]
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The Salon Introduction: Salons are political spaces. Traditionally held in the private parloursof grand houses, groups met to engage in the art of conversation. The sharing of ideas between unique and vibrant guests is at the heart of TheSalon.Salons were originally aristocratic, taking place in […]
#167 Retrieved.
B17_#167 // Underground Public Toilet // Lloyd Lee Retrieved. Date : 10.05.2203 Location : W2, London, Great Britain Description : An X-ray drawing, presumably for a survey; The drawing seems to show an abandoned entrance to the Bayswater Estate underneath Hyde Park Plant. This material […]
#166 Untitled
B17_#166 // Underground Public Toilet // Oscar Maguire In the 19th century, the UK government deemed it necessary to convenience the citizens of London by building public conveniences (or toilets). In Easter 2019, 19 years after Al Gore narrowly missed out on the opportunity to […]
#165 Absence
B17_#164 // Underground Public Toilet // Jack Sweet The public toilet was once a space of escapism and release, an outlet for impulses unpalatable to mainstream society. Today our society has a guilty addiction to violence as a different means of release. Our culture saturated […]
#164 The Writer’s Refuge
B17_#164 // Public Toilet // Anonymous Sunday, April 28, 2019 The street roared with a deafening sound. Presumptuous life runs and dances, twists and turns, head down. Painting idealistic pictures of themselves, sharing articles and displaying support filters for causes they don’t genuinely care about. […]
#163 Public Extractor
B17_#163 // Public Toilet // The Bakerloos Whilst the Victorians tried to get hold of the smell of urine pervading their pre-automotive cities, our generation is yet to be seen dealing effectively with a far more damaging stench. The fumes from the ever-increasing traffic on […]
#162 Spend A Penny
B17_#162 // Spend A Penny // Emma Colthurst These Victorian urinals are repurposed to an alternative ‘restroom’… a space for relaxation and contemplation. The grandeur of the arched forms are celebrated as they encompass their porcelain necessity. Some visitors pass through, while other linger as they […]
#161 Homeless Laundromat +
B17_#161 // Homeless Laundromat + // Enzo Lara-Hamilton What was previously an abandoned public toilet might now be restored and developed into an altruistic project. One that provides necessary services to the homeless. This new laundromat typology hopes to embrace and attempt to fix a […]
#160 The Escape Room
B17_#160 // The Escape Room // Luke Reveley Hidden under London’s streets are hundreds of abandoned spaces, once used as haunts for those who weren’t accepted by society and now running into disrepair. In the Escape Room, the space is appropriated by a single user […]
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The Underground Public Toilet ‘ Cacator cave Malum!’ – Shitter Beware Evil: Goddess Fortuna, guardian of the latrine user, enscribed in a Pompeiian public toilet There are few better manifestations of the British national character than London’s subterranean public toilets, hiding their modesty discreetly beneath its streets. […]
#159 The Director’s Cut – His & Hers
B16_#159 // The Director’s Cut – His & Hers // Emma Colthurst The ancient Saranbang collides with the temporal nature of the K-Pop film set. Here, the woman’s image is dictated from the directors chair. Once a space positioned at ‘the front’ of the house, the […]
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