While the Schuylkill River flows in a specific direction all year round due to its perennial nature, a restroom on its bank is established, however, not meant to discharge its waste in the water body, leading to the concept of detour in the design of the installation. The restroom, using the relatively clean river water to flush its toilets, discharges it into the sewage treatment plant diverting the river water, on the other hand, to provide minimum wastage. the restroom policy states that a user is to pay $1 per flush, and can recover the money by purchasing a healthy food item of the equivalent expenditure from the convenience store at the corresponding information center. Hence, users are detoured to the store consequently improving the economy (and maintenance factor) of the Schuylkill River Trail. Furthermore the restrooms and the information kiosk use trombe walls that not only provide natural light, but also store heat, warming the enclosure during the winter and cooling it in summer. Lastly, the winds from the northeast to the ventilator on the southwest in winter and vice-versa in summer.
Connection Detail (Left) and Section through project (Right)
1. Ramp to Project (ADA)
2. Passage to Restrooms
3. Female Restroom (ADA)
4. Male Restroom (ADA)
5. Information Space (Kiosk)
View of Information Space beyond the restrooms (Glazing - Trombe Water Walls - Limited View)
View of Entrance after taking the ramp from the trail
