Turning a public toilet into a spa
An un-authorization shower in a public bathroom as a public services given to the citizens.
Initiator(s)
Ruben Santiago
Description
For three days, Ruben Santiago has installed, without any official authorization, a hydro-massage shower in a public bathroom in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona. The installation also made available to users bath gel, shampoo and towels that were regularly replaced.
Goals
Adding a functional element inside an already existing official device to instate an exercise of civil disobedience and infiltration. This infiltration, in spite of its desire to improve the public services given to the citizen, is illegally generated.
Beneficial outcomes
The users could get a hydro-massage bath for free.
Location
Spain
Users
Ruben Santiago, homeless, inhabitants of Gothic district
Maintained by
Hangar
Duration
2007
Category
Scientific
Pedagogical
Politics
Urban Development
Economy
Environment
Social
