Wonder as an Interruption

Ah, the toilet, the ultimate element, “the great unspoken driver behind much architecture and planning.”112 A mini space for retreat, self-reflection, where one can be most vulnerable and truly let their guard down. The most intimate one can be between humans and architecture.113 It can also become political, if one reflects on the issues of transgender individuals and their relationship with the toilet. Their one space of reflection, peace becomes grounds for discomfort, alienation, stripped of the one comfort where societal norms should fade away. Today, the toilet is “the site of cultural superimpositions, philanthropy, and habits that only seem to be intractable.”114 Themes: Retreat vs. Discomfort, Intimacy.