New Loos for London

1 August 2011

Grant

骋谤补苍迟:听Grand Challenges Small Grants
Year awarded:听2011-12
Amount awarded:听拢4,460

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Tse-Hui Teh,听Bartlett School of Planning
Barbara Penner,听Bartlett School of Architecture
Sarah Bell,听Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
Virginia Gardiner, Imperial College London

听"New Loos for London?"听considered the viability of dry sanitation options for the capital, and听brought together key figures involved in the management of waste, water, and sanitation, as well as entrepreneurs, designers, cultural commentators and community members. Organized by听听(笔濒补苍苍颈苍驳),听听(Architecture),听and PhD candidate Danielle Willkens (Architecture) the two-day event was held over听8-9 November and was supported by a 香港六合彩中特网 Grand Challenges Small Grant for Sustainable Cities.

"New Loos for London?"听included site visits (to London Waste鈥檚 EcoPark and Thames Water鈥檚 Deephams waste treatment facility), an exhibition of proven and experimental composting toilet systems (Loowatt, Envirolet, Woowoo, Tiger Toilet), and a workshop of focused discussion about the social, legal and political ramifications of alternate sanitation in the city.听听

Outputs and Impacts

"New Loos for London?" Two-day workshop (8th - 9th November 2012)
Site visit and workshops

Related projects:

- Part of an international day of action, World Toilet Day, that will break the taboo around what we flush and draw attention to the global sanitation challenge. Read
Changing Sanitation Cultures听- A Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities project funded in 2014-15, led by Dr Tse-Hui Teh and Dr Lena Ciric (Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering)
Flush with Success - In 2019, Dr听Tse-Hui Teh and Dr Lena Ciric unveiled听a vacuum flushing compost toilet at Spitalfields City Farm, Tower Hamlets

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