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Urine Deflectors of Lviv

Areta — Sat, 02 May 2020 12:01:00 +0000

An anti-toilet or anti-urination device is a form of hostile architecture, an element of the built environment that prevents people from urinating on the street. There are two kinds of such devices: urine deflectors, especially cones built into the nooks of buildings, which cause the culprit to be showered with […]

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Anti-Toilet in London

Areta — Thu, 04 May 2017 15:20:54 +0000

I first heard of anti-toilets from an article about urine deflectors in London. Since then I have come across them in Austria and Prague, and possibly a curious indoor one in Lviv. In my recent short visit to London, I came across this set of anti-toilets.

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Anti-Toilets in Vienna and Klosterneuburg

Areta — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:55:01 +0000

Anti-toilets or urine deflectors were placed in a city’s building corners to prevent people from urinating on the street. Such a solution to urban hygiene has been used for centuries, as, for example, can be seen in ancient Venice. Here pissottas (“pee bumps”) were installed as can be seen here and here. […]

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Boot Scraper and Anti-Toilet in Prague

Areta — Mon, 04 May 2015 15:15:33 +0000

Two types of forgotten methods of urban sanitation:

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