Radical Innovation Award 2016 Competition Winners, Hotel Design Contest News
Radical Innovation Award 2016 Competition
Architecture Contest – hospitality concept incubator seeking to challenge the hotel industry
26 Aug 2016
Radical Innovation Award 2016 Competition News
Driftscape – mobile, self-sustaining hotel, by HOK Toronto
HOK’s Toronto office was selected by Radical Innovation jury members for their concept “Driftscape,” a mobile hotel that integrates drone technology.

What is Driftscape"

Driftscape is a mobile, self-sustaining hotel that, through the use of drone technology, allows guests to touch down in diverse locations unattainable to traditional hotels. Driftscape hotels are comprised of modular units: The ?Driftcraft?, an autonomous guestroom pod and the ?Oasis?, the amenity and service base. What makes Driftscape unlike any other existing or proposed hospitality concept"

This one-of-a-kind concept is different at so many levels:
? It provides access to areas not normally accessible via a traditional hotel format

? Allows immersive and 360-degree views of the site and surroundings

? It is an untethered, customizable, and autonomous experience

? It leaves very little, if any, footprint onto the physical environment

? It offers a ?reverse arrival? sequence by arriving to the guestroom first, thus maximizing the focus on the guest and destination experience.

What inspired the concept"

To set off on an adventu...