Zeinab Hashem
From Social Taboo to Brace of Hope: Redefining Public Toilets to Reclaim Women’s Right to the City. Case study of Tyre, Lebanon.
Rel. Francesca Frassoldati. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Architecture For The Sustainability Design, 2023
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Abstract
Toilets, though indispensable in urban infrastructure and everyday life, often remain overlooked in city planning discourse and public consciousness. Throughout history, public toilets have taken many forms and served different societal, political and economical agendas, eventually evolving into the technologically advanced and architecturally diverse facilities we encounter today. Yet, a persistent gender disparity in their design and provision endures, primarily catering to male users.The restricted access to public toilets for women has profound implications disrupting the accessibility and participation of women within the city’s social and economic realms. It further accentuates the challenges associated with the roles women have chosen or had imposed upon them.
This thesis investigates the design deficiencies in public toilets, in the context of today's Lebanon, with a focus on their disproportionately adverse impacts on women and other marginalized groups
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