Study of Toilet Facilities Based on User Choice in Kiaracondong Station

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10.2991/assehr.k.200108.030How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Toilet Facilities, Toilet Equipment, Toilet Users

Abstract

Kiaracondong Station is the second major train station in Bandung. At this station, it serves economy class, business, and executive trains. The station is one of the public spaces that must be equipped with toilet facilities. This study focused on the completeness of supporting facilities available in toilet facilities at the Kiaracondong Station, Bandung. The purpose of this study is to examine and analyze the completeness of the facilities in the Kiaracondong Station toilets so that users can comfortably and safely use the existing toilet facilities at the station, as well as useful to be taken into consideration in the design and development of toilet design in the Bandung, Kiaracondong station. This research used descriptive qualitative research methods in depth. The data analyzed are the results of interviews with Kiaracondong station users, direct observations on toilet facilities, as well as a review of documents relating to toilets at the Kiaracondong station in Bandung. The results of this study provide an overview of the completeness that must be met in the standardization of public toilets in public spaces, in this case, the Bandung city, Kiaracondong Station. The existing equipment in the Kiaracondong Station toilets, in general, has provided the necessary equipment that is equipped with a toilet room either using squatting or sitting toilets, sinks, and urinal. On the other hand, there are deficiencies in supporting facilities that are not in accordance with the standard public toilets for public spaces, including the absence of sink facilities for children and disabled wheelchair users, special closets for children and disabled wheelchair users as well as a urinal for children.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Alvian Fajar Setiawan
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/01/10
TI  - Study of Toilet Facilities Based on User Choice in Kiaracondong Station
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Business, Economic, Social Science, and Humanities – Humanities and Social Sciences Track (ICOBEST-HSS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 136
EP  - 141
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200108.030
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200108.030
ID  - Setiawan2020
ER  -