P-BANK

Find us by looking for a toilet – leave as a proud P Donor

Today’s agriculture depends on industrial fertilizers containing P, Phosphorus. This non-renewable is currently still obtained from mined Phosphate Rock which is depleting quickly. To secure our future food supplies we need to start to recover P now.

The P-BANK is a public toilet that aims to close the P-cycle. The sanitation system separates Pee from the waste water which simplifies nutrient recovery. This happens directly in the P-BANK. The recovered P is re-used as fertilizer in the P-BANK garden.

COLLECT

In the donor rooms you can comfortably donate in a no-mix toilet or a waterless urinal.

RECOVER

While washing hands, you can peek into the recovery lab. A process of chemical reactions recovers P from Pee safely and hygienically. pierre philosophale harry potter

RE-USE

Leaving the P-Bank you’ll discover that the recovered P can be successfully reused as an alternative for mined Phosphorus. Dans l'univers de J

Pierre Philosophale Harry Potter Info

Dans l'univers de J.K. Rowling, la est bien plus qu'un simple objet de quête ; elle est l'élément déclencheur de toute la saga. Symbole de richesse et d'immortalité, elle lie la magie de Poudlard à l'alchimie historique et pose les bases du conflit éternel entre Harry Potter et Lord Voldemort. Qu'est-ce que la Pierre Philosophale ?

: Lord Voldemort sought the stone to create a new body and achieve eternal life.

: It is described as a blood-red, rough-cut stone. 🛡️ The Quest to Protect It

After Harry defeated Professor Quirrell and thwarted Voldemort, Flamel and Dumbledore agreed that the stone was too dangerous to keep.

In the world of Harry Potter , the (Philosopher's Stone) is a legendary alchemical substance with two extraordinary powers: it can transform any metal into pure gold and produce the Elixir of Life , which grants immortality to the drinker . Origins and Creation

PROJECT

In 2018 the Bauhaus University Weimar and WERKHAUS destinature received funding from the German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU) to develop the first P-BANK. The concept was developed by Anniek Vetter and Sylvia Debit during a semester project at the Bauhaus University Weimar led by Prof. Jörg Londong back in to 2013.
The P-BANK was first used for several months during the 100th anniversary year of Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany 2019. Later that year the P-BANK was at the Tiny Living Festival. The project was presented at the Antenna platform during the Dutch Design Week 2019.
WERKHAUS destinature built the mobile P-Bank from sustainable materials, based on the service and communication designed by Debit and Vetter, including donor-rooms containing the toilet safe! sponsored by Laufen. The recovering system is developed by the B.is, the department of urban water management and sanitation of the Bauhaus University Weimar led by Prof. Jörg Londong, with the support of Vuna and Eawag. Besides consulting Goldeimer supports getting the story and the out there!