Archive / Turning a public toilet into a spa

Initiator(s)

Ruben Santiago

Description

For three days, Ruben Santiago has installed, without any official authorization, a hydro-massage shower in a public bathroom in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona. The installation also made available to users bath gel, shampoo and towels that were regularly replaced.

Location

Spain

Goals

Adding a functional element inside an already existing official device to instate an exercise of civil disobedience and infiltration. This infiltration, in spite of its desire to improve the public services given to the citizen, is illegally generated.

Beneficial outcomes

The users could get a hydro-massage bath for free.

Maintained by

Hangar

Users

Ruben Santiago, homeless, inhabitants of Gothic district

Links

http://www.alg-a.org/Ruben-Santiago-TURNING-A-PUBLIC