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Sou Fujimoto’s public restroom design for The Tokyo Toilet

Public restrooms are rare — and the ones that do exist are rarely places of beauty. The Tokyo Toilet project is out to change that. Commissioning work from a roster of starchitects, the initiative (funded by the socially minded Nippon Foundation) has introduced 17 public toilets throughout the Japanese capital’s Shibuya district over the past three years.

Sou Fujimoto’s public restroom design for The Tokyo Toilet
Sou Fujimoto’s public restroom design for The Tokyo Toilet — one of 17 installed by the foundation in the city’s Shibuya district — includes private stalls and a sloped sink to accommodate everyone.

Unveiled this spring, the project’s latest outpost is a sinuous structure designed by Sou Fujimoto. After passing through an arched doorway, visitors enter an open-air...

Sou Fujimoto Unveils the Latest Tokyo Toilet

A public bathroom in Tokyo by architect Sou Fujimoto doubles as sinuous street sculpture.

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