Boom or Bust: Flotation or Titanic?

This project started last spring with a fellow student designer, Elyse, who is currently studying abroad and being updated on this project. Last year we contemplated the concept of using the toilets in unique seating arrangements that took advantage of the natural seat set up of the toilet while making them more ergonomic and removing the "ICK!" factor that surrounds these toilets. In that process we inspected separating the toilets. Unfortunately despite over an hour of prying, the toilet did not separate. So we got out the big guns... hello hand saw. Between the two of us and excessive muscle from out professor, we sawed one of the toilets in half, discovering that they are entirely full of foam.

So a question was posed.....
..... might they float?

In response to this I started off the semester by testing the ability of the toilets to float, maneuver, balance, and hold weight.

And so the water testing has begun!