This concept won the Student Winner category of the 2015 Radical Innovation in Hospitality Award. Adaptive Balloons, conceived by Yasmin Abdelfattah Soliman of Effat University, offers refuge for people affected by natural disasters or crises. The inflatable vinyl balloons act as living spaces and are suitable to land or water. Vertical wind turbines would generate energy through the main body of the tree.
Adaptive Balloons —
This concept won the Student Winner category of the 2015 Radical Innovation in Hospitality Award. Adaptive Balloons, conceived by Yasmin Abdelfattah Soliman of Effat University, offers refuge for people affected by natural disasters or crises. The inflatable vinyl balloons act as living spaces and are suitable to land or water. Vertical wind turbines would generate energy through the main body of the tree.
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Fusing boat, car, cruise and stationary hotel concepts, this movable hub designed by VOA Associates, can float between major ports. Guests would be able to carry out a range of leisure activities while moving from destination to destination, while indulging in luxurious activities. <br /> <br />
Broadster —
Fusing boat, car, cruise and stationary hotel concepts, this movable hub designed by VOA Associates, can float between major ports. Guests would be able to carry out a range of leisure activities while moving from destination to destination, while indulging in luxurious activities.
 
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Submitted by Farhaan Samnani of Southern Polytechnic State University and Kennesaw State University, this entry is another example that utilizes empty city rooftops. A series of connected geometric domes, the canopies include living spaces, lobbies, gyms and restaurants. The domes are elevated, creating space for landscapes below.
Canopies —
Submitted by Farhaan Samnani of Southern Polytechnic State University and Kennesaw State University, this entry is another example that utilizes empty city rooftops. A series of connected geometric domes, the canopies include living spaces, lobbies, gyms and restaurants. The domes are elevated, creating space for landscapes below.
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This hotel has an innovate typology that incorporates urban agriculture and biophilic design. The entry, by Bryan Beerman and Nicholas Wissing of Ball State University is intended to help foster healthy and productive habitats. By growing all its own food, this self-sufficient "Living Hotel" would help promote green living to its guests through a range of education programs, and access to fresh, organic meals. <br />
The Living Hotel —
This hotel has an innovate typology that incorporates urban agriculture and biophilic design. The entry, by Bryan Beerman and Nicholas Wissing of Ball State University is intended to help foster healthy and productive habitats. By growing all its own food, this self-sufficient "Living Hotel" would help promote green living to its guests through a range of education programs, and access to fresh, organic meals.
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Zoku is one of two finalists shortlisted for the 2015 Radical Innovation Award. Zoku, which is the word for family, tribe, or clan in Japanese, is a home-office hybrid. Hoping to lead the trend in the hospitality industry for hybridized live-work-play spaces, Zoku is targeted at millennials who are self-employed professionals, free movers, and creatives. It was designed by Dutch architecture firm <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.concreteamsterdam.nl%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">concrete</a> and the UK-based trend forecasting agency, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthefuturelaboratory.com%2Fus%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">The Future Laboratory</a>.
Zoku —
Zoku is one of two finalists shortlisted for the 2015 Radical Innovation Award. Zoku, which is the word for family, tribe, or clan in Japanese, is a home-office hybrid. Hoping to lead the trend in the hospitality industry for hybridized live-work-play spaces, Zoku is targeted at millennials who are self-employed professionals, free movers, and creatives. It was designed by Dutch architecture firm concrete and the UK-based trend forecasting agency, The Future Laboratory.
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Snoozebox is one of two finalists shortlisted for the 2015 Radical Innovation Award. The Snoozebox Event Hotel delivers portable on-site event and festival hotel accommodation. Custom trucks deliver adaptable mechanized-folding rooms that can convert into seven different sleeping configurations. The redesign of the portable hotel room concept was by <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tangerine.net%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">tangerine</a>.
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Snoozebox is one of two finalists shortlisted for the 2015 Radical Innovation Award. The Snoozebox Event Hotel delivers portable on-site event and festival hotel accommodation. Custom trucks deliver adaptable mechanized-folding rooms that can convert into seven different sleeping configurations. The redesign of the portable hotel room concept was by tangerine.
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Designed by Sebastien Trouillet and Jeremie Catez, this entry is an example of how the hospitality industry is focusing on the young traveling professional -- looking for a place to unwind, and set up a private meeting. Beewake is a mobile-app service that allows customers to reserve different types of spaces exclusively during the day. The idea is to give value to unused spaces in the hotel industry.
Beewake —
Designed by Sebastien Trouillet and Jeremie Catez, this entry is an example of how the hospitality industry is focusing on the young traveling professional -- looking for a place to unwind, and set up a private meeting. Beewake is a mobile-app service that allows customers to reserve different types of spaces exclusively during the day. The idea is to give value to unused spaces in the hotel industry.
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Winner of the Radical Innovation in Hospitality Award in 2014, the design, created by Lip Chiong and Studio Twist was aimed at tackling the challenges of indoor pollution in China. Indoor air quality, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, can be more dangerous than outdoor pollution, due to inadequate ventilation. In this concept, greenhouse gardens woven throughout outdated hotel buildings would act as air filters to remove pollutants in the air.  
The Green Air Hotel —
Winner of the Radical Innovation in Hospitality Award in 2014, the design, created by Lip Chiong and Studio Twist was aimed at tackling the challenges of indoor pollution in China. Indoor air quality, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, can be more dangerous than outdoor pollution, due to inadequate ventilation. In this concept, greenhouse gardens woven throughout outdated hotel buildings would act as air filters to remove pollutants in the air.  
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