Your Restroom is a Battleground
“Your Restroom is a Battleground” shows seven dioramas that depict case study bathroom controversies taking place around the world. Viewers are invited to peer into detailed cross-sectional models representing the sites where each battle was waged while they listen to a corresponding four-minute podcast, available for listening here, that describes the social, political and environmental ramifications of each conflict. The sequence of models, arranged in a semi-circular structure, allows visitors to compare and contrast the interconnected political, social, health and environmental issues triggered by bathroom controversies within their broader global context.
The sites featured are:
• Guangzhou, China
• Starbucks, Philadelphia, United States
• Residential Housing, Colombia
• Gloucester High School, Virginia, United States
• Khayelitsha, South Africa
• Canterbury Prison, United Kingdom
• Port-au-Prince, Haiti
| Year Completed | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Location | 17th Venice Architecture Biennale |
| Sponsors | Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown; Barnard College; Princeton University School of Architecture; Yale University School of Architecture |
| Model Design + Production | Pablo Saiz del Rio |
| Key Participants | Matilde Cassani, Ivan L. Munuera, Ignacio G. Galan, Joel Sanders, Marco H. Li |
