The Toliethouse Haewoojae

[Dave Monroe]

Toilet-shaped house offers relief to the WC-needy
Tue Oct 9, 2007 8:16am EDT


SEOUL (Reuters Life!) - South Korean sanitation activists will mark
the launch of a global toilet association by lifting the lid on a
lavatory-shaped home south of Seoul.

The steel, white concrete and glass house, with a symbolic opening in
the roof, will be ready to receive visitors next month, said the World
Toilet Association in a statement.

"Among its many amenities, the house features four deluxe toilets,"
said the group, started in South Korea and dedicated to providing
clean sanitation to the more than 2 billion people who live without
toilets.

The home has a showcase bathroom located in its centre. Other toilets
have features that range from elegant fittings to the latest in water
conservation devices.

The toilet house was built by Sim Jae-duck, chairman of the organizing
committee of the Inaugural General Assembly of the World Toilet
Association to mark the association's first general assembly in
November.

The house is named Haewoojae, which signifies in Korean "a place of
sanctuary where one can solve one's worries".

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