Trail Restroom by Miro Rivera Architects is a public toilet with weathering steel walls

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Miro Rivera Architects在德克萨斯州奥斯汀的一个公园里，利用锈蚀钢板作为墙体，打造出一个呈螺旋状的公共厕所。

Pre-rusted steel plates are arranged in a spiral to form the walls of thispublic toilet created by Miro Rivera Architects in a park in Austin, Texas (+ slideshow).

这个公厕是公园30年来的第一个新的公共建筑，Lady Bird Lake 是城市南部科罗拉多河沿岸的一个可以散步骑车的公园。

The Trail Restroom is the first new public toilet built in 30 years on the Lady Bird Lake Hike and Bike Trail, a public park that follows the banks of the Colorado River in the south of the city.

奥斯汀工作室 Miro River Architects 希望将建筑和谐自然的融入公园之中，因此建筑师采用了 柯尔顿钢板——拥有自然光泽的耐候钢板——作为公厕的外墙。

柯尔顿钢板是景观建筑中常用的一种材料，最近其他的类似项目还包括多伦多的观鸟建筑和韩国的森林之家。

Austin-based Miro River Architects wanted the structure to sit comfortably in the parkland. This led the firm to choose Corten – a weathering steel with a natural patina – for the exterior walls.

It is a material that is often selected in landscape settings, with other recent examples including a set of bird-watching structures in Toronto and aforest home in South Korea.

建筑师利用了矗立在地面上的49块高低不同的钢板，打造出一个螺旋形封闭空间，除了卫生间隔间外，还设置了户外的洗手池部分。

By embedding 49 different panels into the ground, the team has created a spiralling plan that encloses a toilet cubicle, but also frames an outdoor area for hand washing.

每块钢板仅有2公分厚，高低各不相同，呈现出不规则的建筑轮廓。

“小径公厕也被视为公园中的雕塑景观，像一个动态的活动轨迹。”事务所表示。该事务所由建筑师Juan Miró和Miguel Rivera领导。

Each panel is two centimetres thick, but they vary in height to create an irregular profile.
"The Trail Restroom was conceived as a sculpture in a park, a dynamic object along the active trails," explained the firm, which is led by architects Juan Miró and Miguel Rivera.

“钢板围绕着环形的路径排列，形成公园的墙体，排列的方式经过精心设计，既能阻隔视线，也能够实现通风采光。”

"The panels are arranged along a spine that coils at one end to form the restroom walls," it added. "The plates are staggered in plan to control views and to allow for the penetration of light and fresh air."

在当地一个基金会的支持下，项目完成于2007年，Town Lake Trail Foundation是一个旨在保护公园的非营利性机构，为了感恩基金会和所有捐助者，所有施以帮助的人的名字将被刻在其中一块钢板上。

其他的细部设计包括橙色的字体和标志，指示着该建筑的功能。

Completed in 2007, the project was backed by the Town Lake Trail Foundation, a non-profit community organisation set up to preserve the park. A tribute to the foundation and all of the funding donors is etched into surface of one of the panels.
Other details include orange lettering and symbols, which signal the building's use as a toilet.

一个钢制的大门向内折叠，划分出一个男女共用的卫生隔间，同时也能供残障人士使用。公厕内部，最先引入眼帘的是形似睡莲叶子的屋顶。

A steel door folds back to provide access to the unisex cubicle, including for wheelchair users. Inside, visitors get a first glimpse of the roof, which is shaped like a lily pad.

管道设备是由耐久性能良好的不锈钢制成，避免磨损，公厕没有人工照明和机械通风,将服务设施的运行成本降到最低。

摄影：Paul Bardagjy 和 Paul Finkel.

Plumbing fixtures are made from heavy-duty stainless steel to avoid wear and tear. But there is no artificial light or mechanical ventilation, keeping the running costs of the facility to a minimum.
Photography is by Paul Bardagjy and Paul Finkel.


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