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New Public Toilets
Public Works, in partnership with the JCDecaux street
furniture company, chose the SmithGroupJJR architectural
firm as the winner of an invitation-only competition
to redesign San Francisco’s on-street public toilets and
multi-function kiosks.
With three strong conceptual design proposals from local
firms SmithGroupJJR, Min Design and Branch Creative
making the final cut, Public Works solicited community
input on this once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine
and upgrade the public toilets and public service kiosks.
The public input helped inform the final decision of the
design competition jury members, who included City staff
from Public Works, the San Francisco Arts Commission,
the Historic Preservation Commission and the Port of
San Francisco, and the following outside experts: Yakuh
Askew, Y.A. Studio; Laura Crescimano, SiteLab Urban
Studio; Joshua Aidlin, Aidlin Darling Design; Jon McNeal,
Snøhetta; Maryam Rostami, TEF Design; and Nataly
Gattegno, Future Cities Lab.
The design of the new toilets and multi-function kiosks
complements the contemporary and elegant designs of the
soon-to-be completed BART portals on Market Street and
the café kiosk at Civic Center Plaza at Larkin and Grove
Streets.
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As the toilets and kiosks are intended to be used for the
next 20 years, they need to be not only timeless in their
design but detailed, fabricated and maintained to withstand
a generation of public use.
Since 1995, San Francisco has benefited from a collaboration
with JCDecaux in providing 25 accessible public toilets and
114 kiosks. These compact structures are spread throughout
the City, though concentrated along Market Street,
downtown and in popular tourist destinations. Like its
predecessors now on San Francisco streets, the new model
will be self-cleaning, accessible to people with disabilities
and connected directly to City sewer, water and electrical
lines.
JCDecaux will cover the cost of the construction, installation
and daily maintenance. The company also will fund staffing
of the toilets at select locations under the City’s successful
Pit Stop program. The advertising displayed on the public
service kiosks, which in some locations will house such
micro-retail establishments as newspaper stands and coffee
vendors, also can display public messaging from City
agencies about upcoming events, ongoing programs and
other topical issues. The kiosks will offset JCDecaux’s costs
for the toilets and the operating costs for the program.
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