TKP Eco-toilet
HKU Summer Workshop for Rural Village
Type | Architecture, Participatory Design, Teaching |
Location | Au Law Organic Farm, Tai Kong Po Village, Hong Kong |
Year | 2015 |
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Partner: Land Education Foundation, Tai Kong Po Village Committee
Credits: Department of Architecture, University of Hong Kong
This project is part of the Tai Kong Po Eco-Village Community Project.
In order to upgrade the community facilities and sustaining and the agricultural activities in Tai Kong Po Village, the building workshop invites students in the Faculty of Architecture, to participate in the design and construction of public facilities for the villagers of Ta Kong Po and to help revitalizing village community through reconstruction of public spaces.
Students and volunteers are being guided to design–build a dry toilet in an eco-farm for composting and educational purpose.
Press
2015.09.27- 綠色生活﹕復興鄉村第一步 環保公廁自己建, 明報副刊 Green Living: Revitalizing rural village: Eco-toilet construction (Ming Po)
2015.09.18- 化糞為肥 大學生元朗起公廁, 蘋果日報副刊【文化籽】 Turning human waste into fertilizer: Eco-toilet construction by university students (Apple Daily)