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For my public restroom, I designed a rectangular structure on the northeast side of the site,

nestled into the steep elevation. My materials included cedar and slate to bridge a connection

between this design and my garden folly design. Both the women’s and men’s restroom are

located on the main level, and the janitor’s closet as well as the mechanical space are located
directly below the main building on the east side. Since water will not be accessible to the site,

I incorporated a system to harvest rainwater from the roof of my structure. The rain will

collect in gutters that channel the water to downspouts and then into storage barrels below
the building. With a roof area of approximately 200 square feet and an average of 44.84 inches

of rainfall in the area, the total annual rainwater collection potential is 5,587 gallons. This

will be more than enough to provide water to the lavatories.

For the toilets, I used a waterless toilet composting system. I wanted to use a toilet that would

offer the waterless feature but not sacrifice its design. Also, I wanted to find a composting

toilet requiring minimal maintenance. I decided on using the Sun-Mar dry toilet with a
large composting drum that will be located below the main level.