A Potty Called Home

Oh, the jokes that come to mind. You might, for example, say that this house is kind of a dump. Novelty toilets in houses fascinate me already, so you can just imagine how tickled I am by this novelty toilet that IS a house.

The late Sim Jae-Duck, founder of the World Toilet Association, built the sanitary structure to mark the launch of said organization. The house is named Haewoojae, which a bit of Korean meaning “a place of sanctuary where one can solve one’s worries,” which I suppose does describe the potty to some extent. Unless, of course, one doesn’t have access to modern sanitation marvels like flush toilets.

That’s the World Toilet Association’s whole shtick… it was created to promote worldwide sustainable toilet and water management and to build and improve sanitation conditions on a sustainable basis. Sure it sounds a little silly — and the toilet shaped house is definitely a lot of silly — but if you’ve ever gone camping properly, you know that flush toilets (or composting toilets) are a wonderful thing.