The Fifth Space: Meet the Future of Beijing's Public Restrooms

Finally the “The Fifth Space” has arrived. We thought when this happened it would do something magic like facilitating you to travel throughout time and space invisibly or help you to see ghosts or something cool like that. But in actuality it is just a more comfortable yet pubic place to poo.
 

Officials from the Beijing Municipal of Environmental Sanitation are calling it “The Fifth Space” because after the family space, workspace, social space, and cyberspace, this poo space will redefine what it means to relieve yourself in public. These modernized facilities will have free wifi, charging stations, a charging post for electric vehicles, recycling bins, flat-screen TV sets, and officials were keen to add, have basic physical examinations (blood pressure, heart rate, and urinalysis).
 

What about the toilets, and will they have toilet paper? Well, these are also not without their intriguing features. The toilets will divided between 1s from the 2s for greener processing and paper is available before going into the toilet. We’ve all died and gone to a sanitized water closet heaven.

The first of these revolutionized public space/toilets has opened in Fangshan, Beijing with 57,000 said to be coming in the next three years.

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