Incheon City Develops Standard Design for Public Restrooms Meeting International Urban Standards

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon City is developing a standard design for public restrooms at an international city level to ensure that anyone can use them safely and conveniently.

On the 22nd, the city held the '9th Standard Design Development Service Kick-off Meeting' and began developing design guidelines for public restrooms.

The city plans to apply CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) to alleviate users' anxiety when using public restrooms and develop universal design guidelines that consider socially vulnerable groups such as children, women, the disabled, the elderly, and foreigners.

Additionally, the city will build a database that provides an overview of the installation locations and item status of the standard designs developed since 2013, allowing related organizations and citizens to use it conveniently.

The developed standard designs include subway Line 1 guide signs, standard designs for smoking booths, safety designs for underground shopping malls, and construction site hoarding designs.

The city is conducting on-site surveys of public restrooms with 30 members of the Citizen Design Group and will establish convenient, safe, and hygienic Incheon-style public restroom guidelines through expert consultations.

Once the service is completed in February next year, Incheon City, its 10 districts and counties, as well as all public institutions, plan to promote the guidelines for use in their public restrooms.

An Incheon City official stated, "Although public restrooms are small in scale, they are important public facilities used by all citizens and represent the level of an international tourist city. Through this service, we will develop the safest, most convenient, and cleanest public restroom designs."

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