Short Description:
The Little Big Loo – Rethinking Public Toilets competition invites ideas that can be used to disrupt the perception of public toilets with the most innovative and efficient solution for this serious issue plaguing our future.
Rapid population growth in urban areas usually gets coupled with poor planning of physical and social infrastructure along with a lack of individual and communal sanitary consciousness. The rural areas in many developing countries face a lot of problems caused by poor sanitation facilities such as pollution of water sources, a high rate of waterborne diseases, and high expenditures on curative health care. Owing to the dire importance of communal sanitation and hygiene, there is an urgent need to develop an integrated approach concerning the development of public health services.
The best ideas will be awarded with a total of $4,500 and certificates. Winners and Honorable Mentions will also be published on Volume Zero website and several international architecture and design magazines.
Challenge
The primary use of the designed structure should be as a public toilet. Alongside this, the structure should be innovatively designed as a space for community interaction, in addition to its primary function. The space should be additionally visualized as a recreational/ educational/ social/ urban functional area.
The designed area can be recreational, educational, or social, a space that creates value for the community surrounding it. The space should be visualized as a prime component in the making of a community that develops holistically; a community that is competent in social, economic and educational terms.
The total area of the space should not exceed 150 sq.mt. All age groups of the demography should be able to use the space.
Site Selection
Participants can select a site in an urban OR a rural context. There can be an emphasis on deprived locations, irrespective of the site being in an urban or rural area.
The site should be carefully placed to accommodate the number of footfalls (circulation in transit hours must be considered). It must be justified with the need for sanitation services.
Eligibility:
Applications are open worldwide
Program Benefits or Awards:
- 1st Prize: $2,000 + Certificate + Publication
- 2nd Prize: $1,200 + Certificate + Publication
- 3rd Prize: $800 + Certificate + Publication
- Student Award: $500 + Certificate + Publication
Entry Fee:
The registration fee for each team is:
- Early Bird Registrations (18th June 2025 to 22nd August 2025):
- Participants from India – INR 3,186
- Participants from Other Countries – $94.4
- Standard Registrations (23rd August 2025 to 3rd October 2025):
- Participants from India – INR 3,776
- Participants from Other Countries – $112.1
Location: India
Deadline: 3 October 2025 [
Website link:
https://volumezerocompetitions.com/little-big-loo-2025
