According to the results of the competition of alternative projects "For sleep" ("Sleeping"), 3 winners were selected and 12 were awarded honorable mentions. Among the winners there are also Russians: Moscow Architectural Institute students Alexey Snetkov, Katya Shomesova, Anastasia Popova. The participants developed the concept of non-traditional hotels for sleeping, and they could choose their hypothetical location, scale and dimensions themselves. The winning projects demonstrate different approaches to solving the problem: from fantastic projects to more practical and even business-oriented strategies: a mobile hotel, a vacation with a grandmother, a place for psychedelic dreams under the influence of drugs. The competition projects were selected by a jury consisting of Nunu Brandan Costa (Brandão Costa Arquitectos), Inanch Eray (Eray Carbajo Architects) and Filippo Maria Doria (TU Delft).
In the future, the organizers plan to launch a series of nine competitions aimed at rethinking traditional approaches to performing architectural tasks - "For Sleep" was only the first sign. They call their project "non-architectural" (Non Architecture), urging to throw off the ship of modernity the traditional typology of buildings - at least in the framework of a "paper competition".
Winner
Hotel "Find yourself" / Alexey Snetkov, Katya Shomesova, Anastasia Popova
Find yourself hotel
In this project, the hotel becomes not a destination, but the very essence of travel. The authors came up with a network of white structures scattered around the globe with a mirrored box inside. The boundaries between the building and the landscape are blurred, thanks to which the guest achieves complete unity with nature.
Winner
Shelter at the Kunalda estate / Liza Azar, Duen-Yi Chan, Ivan Hage
The Retreat at Koonalda Homestead / Lisa Azhar, DuenEe Chan, Ivan Hage
The architects propose to place this hotel in the bowels of Cunalda Cave in South Australia. It provides travelers with the opportunity to temporarily disappear from the surface of the earth and be in quiet isolation from the outside world.
Winner
Skyline / Jin Yong Chan, Laura Camejo
Skyline / Jin Young Chang, Laura Camejo
The Skyline project is a system of sleeping cabins that float above Rio de Janeiro at 400 meters. After boarding the car of the air hotel, guests will travel over the city at night: they will see the center of Rio, its famous beaches and coastal mountains, and when it comes time to go to bed, the cabin will hang somewhere between the lights of the big city and the starry veil.
Honorable Mention
At my grandmother's / Lewis Martinez Ramirez
Granny's functional / Lluis Martinez Ramirez
A new type of service in the hospitality industry, for those who are nostalgic for childhood: a hotel where grandparents live. Seniors receive shelter, care and company in exchange for maintaining a warm, homely atmosphere in the hotel. The authors believe that this idea will be especially relevant for China, where many elderly people were left without the support of loved ones due to the demographic policy of the state.
Honorable Mention
A-Hotel / Leonard Palm, Thomas Bonet
Ahotel / Leonard Palm, Thomas Bohne
The authors suggest that guests be accommodated in a multi-level parking building, making it look like a camping. For spending the night, you can put up a trailer, tent or just a hammock.
Honorable Mention
Overnight Anywhere / Sebastian Murillo Nader, Adolfo Fajardo Bernal, Rejina Cortes Garza
An Anywhere Nights Stay / Sebastian Murillo Nader, Adolfo Fajardo Bernal, Regina Cortés Garza
In this project, the architects brought together the key trends of the modern world: mobility, accessibility and high technology. The rooms of the hotel they proposed are scattered throughout the city, and the user chooses - using the application on the smartphone - a convenient location for himself, and the number on wheels moves to the selected point.
Honorable Mention
Balloon Night / Zheng Cui, Xiang Yu
Ballon Dream / Zheng Cui, Siyang Yu
This inn rises into the air every night and falls to the ground every morning thanks to the balloon to which it is attached. The hovering gondola has the necessary amenities: bed, mini-bathroom, heating equipment; the rest can be found on the ground in the camp to which the balloon is tied. Accommodation in this hotel will not cost a penny, but you can book a room only after completing the quest: the location of the hotel (by the way, it constantly moves and can be located anywhere in the world) is kept secret, and its coordinates must be guessed, for this on the website a list of leading questions has been posted. To test their guess, guests will have to travel in search of a floating hotel. It is worth noting that those who make mistakes will not be disappointed: they will receive monetary compensation in order to continue their vacation elsewhere.
Honorable Mention
Expedition Hotel / Wan Ting Chen, Sheng Zhao
Hotel Expedition / Wan Ting Chen, Sheng Zhao
Now, when moving from city to city, travelers will not need to look for a new place to stay and transport luggage. The hotel train, which transports guests on itself, combines the comfort of a traditional hotel with the mobility of a vehicle. Modular units, like ordinary train carriages, can be uncoupled, rearranged between themselves, and guests of a mobile hotel can, depending on the route, get off the train and change to another.
Honorable Mention
Mirage Hotel / Anna Barbieri, Anna Hagen
Hotel Mirage / Anna Barbieri, Anna Hagen
A place where, as the authors promise, all dreams will come true, and sorrows will fade into the background. This is a very ordinary hotel with more than a normal dormitory room with beds for guests. However, each of the guests can find themselves in the hotel of their dreams, you need a bit of imagination and a pill from the menu specially developed for the Mirage Hotel. Just take a pill, relax and immerse yourself in a world of illusion.
Honorable Mention
Hotel Box / Camilla Wessmar Frick, Ossian Quigley Berg
Hotelbox / Camilla Vässmar Frick, Ossian Quigley-Berg
This team of architects proposes not to erect new buildings to accommodate tourists, but to place them in existing ones: in museums, stadiums, zoos or aquariums and other "tourist" places. To do this, you just need to unfold the corrugated cardboard structure, designed in the traditional form of the house.
Honorable Mention
Othelle / Bianca Soccetti, Federica Fogazzi, Elena Balzarini
Hôtell / Bianca Soccetti, Federica Fogazzi, Elena Balzarini
The authors also propose to increase the income of owners of existing buildings by placing night hotels there. Furniture stores are ideal for this purpose, according to the team of young architects. After ten in the evening, the doors of the store will open again, but not for customers, but for guests who are looking for an inexpensive haven for the night. You can choose a bed and bed linen through a special application on your smartphone.
Honorable Mention
Rempod Hotel / Brandon Large
Rempod / Brandon Large
By 2035, due to the colossal increase in the level of competition, the number of working hours of the population will double, and the duration of sleep will be only 3 hours. For this occasion, Brandon Large came up with a relaxation capsule where guests can recover in just one REM sleep instead of the usual four. Hence the name of the hotel: REM - rapid eye movement - REM sleep, pod - capsule. This goal can be achieved with the help of sensory deprivation: the guest will be immersed in a liquid medium with a density of 1.25 kg / m3composed of water high in magnesium sulfate. Thanks to this solution and a special mask, the guest will be able to keep his head above the water, while being at rest. Complete relaxation will be ensured by soundproofing, lack of sunlight and a comfortable temperature: exactly 37 °.
Honorable Mention
Three Minstrels / John Chia
The Three Minstrels / John Chia
Shown here is the hotel business model for itinerant musicians - music performances are accepted as accommodation fees. It is planned to place such a hotel in Scarborough, an ancient English city with its own mythology, known among other things for its rich cultural history.
Honorable Mention
Hotel "Morpheus" / Frixos Petru, Emelin Dussosi, Sofia Nicoledu, Matteo Novarino
Morpheus Hotel / Frixos Petrou, Emeline Dussaucy, Sofia Nikolaidou, Matteo Novarino
An alternative model for life on Earth, where rooms are ideal "universals" that satisfy all the primary human needs. Representatives of a new generation live here, free from communication, bodily contacts, experiences. The numbers, connected in a single network, will be able to take any form at the request of the client - thanks to the boundless potential of the psyche and the human ability to dream.
Honorable Mention
The Life of a Troglodyte / Matteo Gidoni, Jean-Benoit Vettiard
Troglodyte Living / Matteo Ghidoni, Jean-Benoît Vétillard
The team chose the Italian Matera as the site for their hotel - this cave city, a World Heritage Site, is about 9,000 years old. Guests are encouraged to try the form of collective life that was common among troglodytes.
