Poo with a View
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An outhouse on a small holding in rural Wales, built entirely from recycled and scavenged materials containing two composting toilets and a shower
Built by students over six days from materials sourced from local mills, construction sites, salvage yards, recycling depots and other sources.
The outhouse provides facilities for an independent small holding operated by a young family. With no power on site, use of power tools was limited with most construction using hand tools only.
With an abundance of mill waste and a brief that it must be indestructible to the harsh winter winds, the small structure uses stacked timber on top of stone footings to create a robust shell and utilises thick perspex sheeting found by the side of the road for the roof.
The two 'Thundertrunk' composting toilets provide alternate framed views across the landscape, with the space backlit by a the south facing bottle wall. The use of principally unprocessed timber allows the building to recede into its setting.
Data
- Begun: May 2014
- Completed: May 2014
- Floor area: 10m2
- Sector: Residential
- Total cost: £200
- Address: Undisclosed, Pembrokeshire, N/A, United Kingdom
Materials 
Professional Team
- Architect: Matt Chan with Hugo Keene
- Client: Undisclosed
- Student: Welsh School of Architecture
Suppliers
- Construction Waste: Shaw Building Group
- Offcuts: Robert Price Builders Merchants
- Salvage: Rhys Architectural Salvage
- Timber mill waste: Orielton Mill
- Timber mill waste: AOM Associates
- Timber mill waste: Coed Dinefwr
