Full day at the playground with a public toilet
Playgrounds are popular meeting places for children and their parents. And with a public toilet nearby, visitors can stay all day.
Public toilet at playground - appreciated feature
Relaxing at a playground is an easy way for families with children to socialise. When spring comes and the sun starts climbing higher, town and city parks quickly fill up with children and adults alike.
But in order to stay out for very long with little ones, there has to be a toilet and a place to change nappies nearby. More and more municipalities are discovering the advantages of improving playgrounds and parks by adding a public toilet. It doesn’t have to be expensive. Recently Danfo has delivered several smaller toilet buildings to Swedish municipalities, specifically for use at playgrounds, to the Family Room Toilet, which is developed for children and families and is excellent for playgrounds.
Public toilet as a complement to the playground
In Eksjö, for example, people had been asking for a public toilet near the city centre for several years. When the city’s popular playground was rebuilt and made handicap-accessible, they also added a Tetragon 100, Danfo’s smallest offering.
“Initially we were considering one of Danfo’s larger buildings, but when we couldn’t find room in the budget for that, we started looking at cheaper alternatives,” says Lucia Botero Hoyos, an architect employed by the Municipality of Eksjö. “We chose a basic model. For a small extra charge, we had the door painted orange, chose wooden panelling for the facade and added a green roof. It was a budget-friendly way of creating a beautiful building that fit into the setting. We told them what we wanted and Danfo did the rest.”
Thanks to a clever placement between the playground and the town’s boules park, and close proximity to Eksjö centre, the building serves a large number of small, large and elderly visitors. “The public toilet is much used and much appreciated by residents,” says Lucia Botero Hoyos.
The family room toilet - the finishing touch to the playground
The family room toilet is Danfo's public toilet that has been developed with and for children and their families. You will notice this in both the design and the floor plan. In the toilet area itself you will find an extra sink, toilet and hand dryer in child size. The floor plan is quite large so that you can fit a pram - all to make it easier for the family with children. Of course there is a space adapted for RWC.
Something that children and also adults appreciate is the design both inside and out that can be adapted to the playground's theme. Let the playground's fun-filled theme also characterize the public toilet, then you get a playground with the finishing touch.
