Userfitness in design: A case study of public toilet facilities

Kin Wai Michael Siu

Userfitness in design: A case study of public toilet facilities

Kin Wai Michael Siu

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Abstract

In recent years, more people have been considering the quality of the design of public toilets and the issue of how closely this relates to the quality of the daily lives of residents and tourists (see Note 1). However, the fact is that many so-called modern cities are still not equipped with public toilets of quality that matches their development. Since the late 1990s, studies of public toilet environments and facilities have been conducted in Hong Kong - a densely populated metropolitan city and well-known tourist spot. Taking Hong Kong as a case, this paper argues that, besides through technological advancement, another significant way of ensuring and improving the design quality of facilities (that is, facilities with a high degree of userfitness) is to conduct serious, on-going, and in-depth studies on human-product interactions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2005 Proceedings - 11th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design
Pages	42-47
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2005
Event	11th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design - St. Louis, MO, United States Duration: 4 Aug 2005 → 6 Aug 2005

Conference

Conference	11th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design
Country/Territory	United States
City	St. Louis, MO
Period	4/08/05 → 6/08/05

Keywords

Industrial design
Public facilities
Public toilet
Userfitness

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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