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This public restroom was planned as part of the Kumamoto Art Police project. The theme of the project was to use up trees without wasting any wood, and by using logs, which can utilize almost 100% of trees, as building materials, we reevaluated their value and sought ways to utilize logs, which have no JAS standards and vary in length, thickness, and shape individually, using modern analysis and processing technologies. The reciprocal structure of the frame, which combines logs that have only been stripped of their bark from logs that have different expressions one by one, deepens the relationship between the architecture and nature. To take advantage of local resources, the majority of the timber was procured from Kumamoto Prefecture, and all wood drying, processing, and preservation treatment were completed within the prefecture.