Sasha Beatty
she/her
Dublin's Lack of Jacks
Dublin’s great for a pint, but good luck finding a loo. This project flushes out the city’s toilet troubles with humour and a critical eye, inviting a broader conversation about access, public space, and human dignity. Public toilets might seem ordinary, but they’re deeply political: they reveal who is welcomed, who is excluded, and how we design for (or ignore) basic needs.
From the city’s lack of facilities to the cultural squeamishness around discussing them, toilets serve as both metaphor and battleground. Dublin’s Lack of Jacks investigates how attitudes toward public bathrooms mirror wider social values—gender, class, visibility, care. It draws from public contributions, street-level interventions, and speculative design to explore toilets as sites of expression, frustration, and potential transformation.
What do our toilets say about the kind of city we’ve built, and what might they reveal about the one we still hope for?
Ceci n'est pas un toilet
Piss & Tell
An Bhfuil Cead Agam?
Research