Would you stay in a floating JELLYFISH? Welcome to the hotel of the future
JELLYFISH LODGE - a floating hotel with far-reaching tentacles - is the future of holidays.
That’s the radical proposal designed by an architect from the Philippines.
Janine Hung has created the concept of accommodation lodges floating on water shaped like the head of a jellyfish.
Inside a kitchen, bathroom and living quarters complement garden space, but it’s what’s underneath that’s really impressive.
Jellyfish-like tentacles hang down into the water to collect rubbish and filter water.
They can store the water for human use or return it to the source unpolluted.
Under the eco-friendly banner, the lodge would be powered by solar cells covering its dome-shaped roof.
Glass walls keep bugs out and protect the micro homes from wild weather.
The underbelly holds an aquaponic garden growing vegetables and herbs. It also had the capability of raising four type son fish to feed the local community.
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The futuristic design received an honourable mention for this year’s Inhabitat Biodesign Competition.
Judges commented: “The Jellyfish Lodge proposes to rehabilitate the world’s most polluted river slums by removing waste, treating water, growing food and purifying air all through solar power.”
Janine told Mail Online: “The idea was born out of a desire to create a win-win situation between mankind and mother nature.
“The pods could serve as alternative homes instead of river slums, but also as mini hotel-type dwellings.
“I would connect the pods with bridges to make it more modular.
“The integration of a grey water system for domestic need and a rehabilitation system for polluted bodies of water is the heart of the Jellyfish Lodge.”
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