Regine January 31, 2006 design

The Pee Tree

Some men avoid going to the public toilets due to the smelly atmosphere and, unable to find a wildlife tree, they go for street corners or the facade of your favourite bar.

So Joa Herrenknecht has designed the Pee-tree urinal for public spaces. His bright ceramic white colour is a strong signal that can be seen from far – making it accessible when in urgent need. The trunk offers a perfect place for messaging, e.g. “I was here” or “done that” statements. The urine is directly flushed down to the underground sewage canal.

Part of the The PeePee project by HFG.

See also Eric Morel‘s Pee Tree (via ReLuct)
This post is dedicated to l’Ingeniere.

Via Designboom.

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stefano ricci on January 31, 2006 at 1:54 pm

it’s not a “stupid” project… it creates an icon!
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MOGua on January 31, 2006 at 7:01 pm

what about the girls?
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ChazZ on January 31, 2006 at 7:05 pm

wholly hell? so you are supposed to huddle around this thing with other people and sword fight or something?
at least with a trough of some sort you find at most meat-market bars you all face the same way so you arent pulling your junk out right in front of someone… I got an inkling that this would work in europe but not a chance in america. people here are soo self concious it would never work. plus the feminazis would have a shit fit.
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heather on January 31, 2006 at 7:08 pm

that is crazy!!!! i dont know if this should be in public places…i dont wanna see any weenies
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jesus on January 31, 2006 at 7:13 pm

you gonna get raped
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regine on January 31, 2006 at 7:14 pm

what about the girls? well, we never use the street so i think we don’t need ceramic trees unles…
http://www.popgadget.net/2004/10/do_it_like_a_ma.php#006114
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Snorkle256 on January 31, 2006 at 7:21 pm

Well what about the girls? Lots of them can AIM believe it or not.
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jackson on January 31, 2006 at 7:25 pm

Q.E.D. @heather
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GWB on January 31, 2006 at 7:34 pm

They DO have outdoor urinals similar to this in Amsterdam. Here is a link to a picture of one I took a couple of years ago, it is the grey structure just behind the bikes on the left side. It is basically a four-way urinal design. It’s design provides for quick relief WITHOUT needing to see anyones junk.
http://europe.nanarchy.org/a_toilet.jpg
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johnny on January 31, 2006 at 7:48 pm

come too america!
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GJG on January 31, 2006 at 7:53 pm

I want one!!!
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Lewis on January 31, 2006 at 7:54 pm

It’s funny until some dickhead pisses all over you because hes had a few too many.
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PCP on January 31, 2006 at 8:01 pm

Sounds like a sausage fest , and everyone’s going to get wet legs.
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Rob on January 31, 2006 at 8:05 pm

Word GWB. I saw one of those same outdoor toliets in Bristol, UK. From the top it looks like a + and each guy just picks a quadrent and lets it go. Of course I HAD to use it.
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Kram on January 31, 2006 at 8:29 pm

I really don’t enjoy having some wanker piss on my shoes. It’s garaunteed to happen when you’ve got some drunk ponce standing across the way. This will inevidably lead to an increase in street violence, someones getting decked if I get wet legs.
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asd on January 31, 2006 at 8:52 pm

So the toilets won’t be the only place that smells pee.Even I don’t think what will happen if the air is windy :). So their new slogan might be “Piss in the wind” as well :).
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Chubby on January 31, 2006 at 9:16 pm

Hey! And dogs can use it too!
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Gizmodo on January 31, 2006 at 9:25 pm

Screw Toilets! Pee Tree is Here!

Coming to a bar district near you, the Pee Tree. This was designed by Joa Herrenknecht for use in public spaces. It is big, bright and ceramic, just pee on the tree itself and lets the urine run down, or…
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Willy on January 31, 2006 at 9:34 pm

check out the urinal screen…. advertise on tv while you pee?
funny video
http://tesla.liketelevision.com/liketelevision/tuner.php?channel=1014&format=tv&theme=guide
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beedun on January 31, 2006 at 11:09 pm

where’s the poop go?
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JayCeeWuffah on January 31, 2006 at 11:10 pm

What do you do if someone poops in it?
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orly on January 31, 2006 at 11:30 pm

I once ate a box of Premium Plus crackers
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mark on January 31, 2006 at 11:34 pm

in Reading, UK we have a urinal which rises out of the ground at night and goes back down in the morning. see here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A740765
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Ferago on January 31, 2006 at 11:57 pm

” The trunk offers a perfect place for messaging, e.g. “I was here” or “done that” statements. The urine is directly flushed down to the underground sewage canal. ”
uh…does anyone really want to read messages while they piss, that were written by another pissing man?
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miscblogger on February 1, 2006 at 12:15 am

thats a little sick.
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Ian on February 1, 2006 at 12:29 am

in Reading, UK we have a urinal which rises out of the ground at night and goes back down in the morning
It’s like a really gross vampire!
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Emce on February 1, 2006 at 12:30 am

It needs grooves to keep the splashback down. It needs something more interesting to stare at near the top. I could see standing at that thing to take a piss and having some guy come up next to me all like “is this your special bush? you think you’re king of the forest?” as his splashback hits my shins, this being the only day of the summer that I acutally wear shorts. You can’t even wipe that off, it just smears. As for the ladies, I’d rather not hear it. There’s already a world of difference between our bathrooms. Standing up gets the job done faster, look at how short our waiting line is in an amusement park or club.
Either get the cardboard magic cone pisser, or go sit down. Or, you could be like the eccentric woman I saw on the side of the street a month ago just pull her panties aside and piss standing up straight down onto the sidewalk. If we adopted the traditional japanese toilet it wouldn’t be too difficult a concept to fathom.
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dimebag on February 1, 2006 at 12:36 am

Heh, that guys got a big dick.
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andrew on February 1, 2006 at 12:55 am

The urinals at the Boston Garden (old sports arena in Boston) were kind of like this. They were big enough for 15-20 guys to stand around the perimeter, peeing together into the huge trough.
They also had a foot-activated sprayer. Four or five arcs of pipe on the floor. Step on one, and the “tree” in the middle would spray water at your voided fluids.
Someone must have thought it was a good idea. I didn’t.
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Crusty on February 1, 2006 at 3:06 am

>> “The urinals at the Boston Garden (old sports arena in Boston) were kind of like this.”
That was the sink, dumbshit.
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treehugger on February 1, 2006 at 4:01 am

why not just piss on any tree like i do
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Aaron on February 1, 2006 at 5:16 am

Guys, you gotta realise, this isnt meant to replace a standard public toilet. Just to add another easy convenience if you’re busting for a leak. If some pissed bloke is using it and you dont want wet shoes, just wait for him to finish. If youve got a phobia of taking a leak somewhere where another guy might happen to be able to see your cock, you’ve got bigger issues than worrying about wet shoes.
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timothytee on February 1, 2006 at 5:58 am

i worked with an artist in the artist in residence program at the kohler company in the late ’80’s. he crafted a 10 foot and a 25 foot tall urinal (many urinals stacked upon each other) then painted/glazed them to look like trees. he created them, because he noticed that the first thing a guy will pee on is a tree.
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andrew on February 1, 2006 at 8:50 am

@Crusty: Hah! That might very well be true… Maybe I walked in at a particularly busy moment (halftime?).. I decided to hold it for the T ride home instead of joining in the festivities… :-)
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Lolita on February 1, 2006 at 12:03 pm

de qeu narices va esta página? d eun tío que ema en un árbol de plástico?
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Joe on February 2, 2006 at 4:22 am

I’ve heard of this before….they are making a bush for girls….lol
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norse on February 2, 2006 at 3:34 pm

I’m sorry, what advantage does this have over a real tree?
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Jared on February 2, 2006 at 8:06 pm

^ it goes into the sewage
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Bill jo jim bob. on February 3, 2006 at 7:19 am

Suweet lord o mercy, Whut n tar-nations iz youz thanking annyhouw?
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Bru on February 6, 2006 at 12:16 am

Comments open??
Cool!
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huzzof on February 8, 2006 at 6:30 pm

I would really love it if it is for gurlz………….lol :)
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aaa on February 26, 2006 at 8:59 pm

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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random on April 24, 2006 at 3:01 am

Well they’ve already got open stand-up urinal enclosures in public areas in Europe.
Sorta looks like half a telephone booth.
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Lucy Gillespie on June 16, 2006 at 7:21 pm

You think men have it bad when you need to pee? Try being a woman!!! You either squat, and get dispised by society, or hold it in and wet yourself. Men peeing is a coomon sight in Deptford, London where I live. A geezer just whips it out and pisses. But a woman has to hold it in. So don’t you men complain to me that you have problems peeing in public!!!
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David on September 2, 2006 at 12:42 am

In Europe, will women get to use P-Mate and She-Pee (devices that allows them to stand up like men to pee) at those urinals that come from the ground? Jut as women would hang around to watch us men pee, we should have the right to watch them pee as well. If these local governments are going to spend money on these urinals mostly designed for men, then women with those devices should use them, too.

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