Northern Lights.mn » functional art http://northern.lights.mn Experimenting with art in the public sphere Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:36:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Artful public pissoir http://northern.lights.mn/2009/09/public-pissoir/ http://northern.lights.mn/2009/09/public-pissoir/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:09:10 +0000 mediachef http://northern.lights.mn/?p=1650 The City of Victoria unveiled this new public urinal on Friday. It was designed by Vancouver architect Matthew Soules. Sept. 5, 2009. Photo: CTV.ca[/caption]]]> The City of Victoria unveiled this new public urinal on Friday. It was designed by Vancouver architect Matthew Soules. Sept. 5, 2009. Photo: CTV.ca

The City of Victoria unveiled this new public urinal on Friday. It was designed by Vancouver architect Matthew Soules. Sept. 5, 2009. Photo: CTV.ca

“The urinal is surrounded by about 150 vertical steel green pipes that have been welded together in a curvy design that is meant to evoke the arches in Victoria’s historic buildings, [architect Matthew] Soules said.

“The pipes are spaced apart just enough to let an outsider know if the urinal is being used but still maintain privacy for the user.”

via CTV British Columbia

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