On World Toilet Day, JCDecaux spotlights the San Francisco
“AmeniPODS”, the efficient and award-winning self-cleaning
public toilets
On World Toilet
Day, JCDecaux spotlights the San Francisco
“AmeniPODS”, the efficient and award-winning
self-cleaning public toilets
Paris, November
16th, 2023 – JCDecaux SE
(Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company
worldwide, announces that its new San Francisco public toilets,
known as “AmeniPODS”, are reshaping the face of the City with more
efficient and effective models and an award-winning design,
following their first installation a year ago.
A new generation of public amenities in
San Francisco.As an inventor, designer, and operator of
San Francisco’s fully accessible self-cleaning toilets, JCDecaux
recognises that public toilets are an indispensable service, built
to enhance the quality of urban life for the general public and
city visitors. While it is a great responsibility to operate and
maintain public toilet facilities, it has been equally fulfilling
and a pleasure to serve the public for so many years. Through its
close collaboration with the City and County of San Francisco and
the SmithGroup team, JCDecaux developed a unique, award-winning
high-tech design that reflects the vibrant streets of San
Francisco. JCDecaux’s maintenance team is dedicated to ensuring
these essential hygiene services remain safe, clean and accessible
to all. The program is financed through advertising revenue
generated by multi-function advertising kiosks.
An award-winning design from
SmithGroup.SmithGroup, a national design firm with a
robust San Francisco office, was chosen to redesign the public
toilets and multi-function advertising kiosks. The contemporary and
elegant design, developed in partnership with JCDecaux, then
reviewed and approved by the San Francisco Arts Commission and the
City’s Historic Preservation Commission, has received prominent
awards over the past several months:
- Metropolis – 2023 Planet Positive
Awards – Innovation category – Best Social Impact: The AmeniPODS
were named as a winner in the Metropolis' Planet Positive Awards,
underlining the progress being made towards designing a sustainable
and equitable future and creating an inclusive environment.
- Fast Company – 2023 Innovation by
Design Awards – Urban Design category: the San Francisco public
toilets were named as a finalist in this prestigious program which
celebrates the designers and businesses solving the most crucial
problems of today and anticipating the pressing issues of
tomorrow.
- Metal Architecture – 2023 Metal
Architecture Design Awards: The new generation of public amenities
received a Judges Award in the 2023 Metal Architecture Design
Awards for being cleaner, safer, more durable and visually
compelling, designed to meet the needs of the 21st century urban
environment.
JCDecaux: over 40 years of innovation
for self-cleaning public toilets.Ever since JCDecaux
installed the first self-cleaning toilets in Paris in 1981, the
company has consistently innovated by developing a complete
ecosystem. The Group has created eco-designed, high-performance
furniture which integrates patented solutions (automatic washing
and disinfection of the toilet), rigorous processes and integrated
teams dedicated to operations and maintenance, providing a
high-quality service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. JCDecaux’s
Design Office, based in Plaisir, Les Yvelines (France), continually
develops new features to make life easier for city residents and
visitors, and accessible to all. In 1993, the self-cleaning toilet
became accessible to people with reduced mobility. Voice
instructions were made available in several languages, as well as
in braille. In 2006, the service became free in Paris, leading to a
huge increase in usage. In 2020, JCDecaux developed a urinal
module, which can be added to an existing toilet. This increases
the availability of the main toilet while also significantly
increasing its daily capacity. After the first lockdown, drinking
water fountains and hand sanitizer dispensers were installed
outside the self-cleaning toilets, transforming them into
multi-service hygiene points, unlike any other in today’s urban
environment. JCDecaux operates over 2,500 self-cleaning toilets in
28 countries, used by almost 31 million people every year,
including the world’s two largest automatic public toilet
contracts:
- In Paris, the 435 new generation
public self-cleaning toilets, which will be rolled out between 2024
and the beginning of 2025, will increase access to the service in
the capital making it the largest network of public self-cleaning
toilets in any city worldwide,
- In Berlin, the Group won in 2018
the world’s second largest automatic public toilet contract and
today operates 278 new generation toilets in the German
capital.
JCDecaux’s street furniture and associated
services are designed to evolve with their environment and their
needs and are an integral part of the global urban landscape.
Bill Katz, Design Principal with
SmithGroup, said: “The AmeniPODS are unique to San
Francisco, with a design that blends sculpture and technology to
create a cleaner, safer and more hygienic experience. With their
modeled stainless-steel surface, they literally reflect our diverse
city neighborhoods and their deep-rooted history while creating
sculptural street furniture. With a clear awareness of the
importance of these public amenities in our urban environment, the
SmithGroup team set out to make these updated street furniture
elements more accessible and approachable through their design and
appearance.”
J-Francois Nion, Chief Operating Officer
of JCDecaux San Francisco, said: “We are excited to be
working collaboratively with both San Francisco Public Works and
the project team from SmithGroup. Together we have developed the
next generation of street amenities that will better serve San
Franciscans and visitors alike supported by a strong maintenance
program. Since the installation of the first AmeniPODS on November
2022, over 21,000 flushes have been registered and all the older
units will be replaced in the next few years.”
Jean-François Decaux, Chairman of the
Executive Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer of
JCDecaux, said: “When JCDecaux invented the self-cleaning
toilet in 1980, this showed the vision and pioneering approach of
the company and importantly started a revolution in access to
hygiene facilities in urban areas. We are proud to reiterate our
long-standing commitment to San Francisco to supply best-in-class
public toilet facilities, and the awards show the importance of
their presence in the city. Our continual innovation is enabling
cities across the world to meet the challenges of providing access
to safe sanitation and hygiene – a fundamental human right that is
highlighted on World Toilet Day 2023 on 19th November. Across the
world, we must continue our efforts to achieve the United Nations’
Sustainable Development Goal 6, ensuring access to clean water and
sanitation by 2030 which includes universal access to safe
toilets.”
About SmithGroupSmithGroup
(www.smithgroup.com/) is one of the world’s preeminent integrated
design firms. Working across a network of 20 offices in the U.S.
and China, a team of 1,300 experts is committed to excellence in
strategy, design and delivery. The scale of the firm’s thinking and
organization produces partnerships with forward-looking clients
that maximize opportunities, minimize risk and solve their most
complex problems. SmithGroup creates exceptional design solutions
for cultural and higher education institutions, science and
technology organizations, healthcare, urban environments, diverse
workplaces, mixed-use and waterfront developments, and parks and
open spaces.
About JCDecauxJCDecaux – a
French family-owned company founded in 1964 and the No.1 outdoor
advertising company worldwide – is committed to improve the quality
of life for people wherever they live, work and travel by offering
innovative, sustainable street furniture and services that are
meeting citizens’ expectations and financed by brands and their
advertisement. With a presence in more than 80 countries, JCDecaux
is the only company in the world to operate exclusively in the
outdoor advertising sector and to develop all of its activities:
street furniture, transport advertising and billboards. For almost
60 years, the products and services offered to cities by JCDecaux
have been considered the benchmark for quality, aesthetics and
functionality. As a sustainable media in contact with more than 850
million people every day and true to its mission of improving the
quality of life for all citizens, JCDecaux enhances and promotes
responsible outdoor advertising and places social and environmental
quality at the core of its solutions and its business. Since 2023,
JCDecaux is an official partner of the UN Joint SDG Fund,
supporting the Sustainable Development Goals across its Group.
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