View Full Version : Architecture as a political statement


Tiassa
11-10-07, 04:34 PM
The "Toilet Revolution" has begun.

The politics of the revolution are amusing, I suppose, as they include bathrooms made of candy that give children treats for flushing, but more relevant to architectural considerations is the toilet-shaped home of South Korea's "Mr. Toilet", Sim Jae-duck (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004005656_toilethouse10.html):

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2007/11/09/2004005330.jpg (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004005656_toilethouse10.html)
Haewoojae, reputedly the world's only toilet-shaped house, is near Seoul, South Korea, and commemorates this month's inaugural meeting of the World Toilet Association. (Photo: Ahn Young-Joon/AP)

I ... um ... ah ... er ... yeah. Bring on the lucie. Power to the pee-pee!

Diode-Man
02-11-08, 03:06 AM
That is the oddest thing I've ever seen.... too bad I dont live there!

weed_eater_guy
02-16-08, 03:25 PM
He should install a fountain directly in front of the house that shoots a continuous arc of water into the center of the "bowl", you know, just for fun. There cound be a pool in the "bowl" to collect the water and pump it back to the fountain, but more importantly, the water streaming into that pool would make the all-important trickling sound, you know, loud enough to make the neighbors constantly wet their beds at night!

cosmictraveler
02-16-08, 03:50 PM
Looks more like a bidet!

ThinkingMansCrumpet
02-16-08, 07:47 PM
FLW's "Falling Water' (pardon the pun) had its critics in its day and now it's a modernist icon. Swings and roundbouts.

DJ Erock
05-27-08, 04:58 PM
There's always been symbolism and politics intertwined with architecture. I'm just not sure what you're trying to say by building a toilet house...