The purpose of this project is to design a toilet to aid individuals who lack basic sanitation needs. The focus will be on providing better sanitation methods to individuals living in temporary housing areas, as well as those trying to recover from a natural disaster, both of which do not have basic bathroom facilities. Many countries right now, following a natural disaster are having huge sanitation, for example Haiti right now has a huge Cholera breakout do to waste contaminating with drinking water.
The family above was the reason why I decided to focus my thesis on toilets.This family uses buckets to go to the bathroom. I learned that the night before, the gentleman was discarding his waste in a nearby forest where the man was stopped by the police and was given a warning. There are many individuals, just like this couple who are not associated with a temporary housing community, and therefore lack basic sanitation needs and a proper structure for discarding waste.
Lota currently has 3 main options to go to the bathroom. The first one is chemical toilets.Chemical toilets pose many threats to users. Some individuals interviewed experienced severe illnesses while using the chemical bathrooms. Other disadvantages for the use of chemical toilets is that they tend to carry foul odours, too many people end up sharing a chemical bathroom, and individuals end up throwing their garbage into the chemical bathrooms as well.
The next option are shipping containers turned into bathrooms. During a natural disaster, aid is usually sent via shipping containers, which are typically 20 feet in length. In Lota, the municipality transformed these shipping containers into bathrooms with a fully functioning shower system and toilet. There are 4 stalls on each side, each being 3.5 feet in width and approximately 3 feet in depth. Each stall is shared by two households and is secured with a key lock.
The last option are buckets. Individuals that live in temporary housing that do not belong to a community tend to have it a bit more difficult due to the fact that they don’t have the opportunity to share facilities. These individuals are focused to discard their waste in unauthorized areas, due to the fact of not having proper sanitation needs.
Existing Products:
Concept 1 deals with a toilet design that is a flat pack and can easily be snapped together. This concept features a biodegradable bag, which allows the user to put their waste in the bag, and then dispose the bag to a nearby compost bin. This concept ensures that the bag can easily be throw into the compost therefor the waste not coming in contamination with the user or with nearby water supplies.
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