About 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 of the competition 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.
Prizes
- 1st Prize: 3.000 $
- 2nd Prize: 2.000 $
- 3rd Prize: 1.000 $
- 5 Golden Mentions: coupon for a free membership
- 10 Honorable Mentions: coupon for a free competition
- 30 Finalists: published on Terraviva channels
To find more details & Register visit HERE
LAST DATE OF REGISTRATION: 10 July 2026
LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION: 10 July 2026
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