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HOTEL 6 DEGREES

Tilda Kristersson
Olivia Susai

Creativity, collaboration, connections and high technology
are words synonymous with Google, and they guided us in
our design of this Google hotel. Mindful that apps such as
Google + have increased the ways in which people make
new connections, we interpret this as being similar to the
theory of “six degrees of separation”—hence the name
Hotel 6°.

Our hotel exists twenty years from now, when technology
has advanced and pollution is dictating a new way of living.
We have the opportunity to make the hotel experience more
than just a place to sleep. Our hotel creates a more engaged
environment, but also a way to completely disconnect and
attain peace and serenity.

The lobby floor is equipped with technology that gives
users a chance to connect to other visitors through sync-
ing their check-in and Google + connection. Rooms fea-
ture light therapy that can assist visitors with overcoming
jet lag and wall-to-wall LED panels that can live stream
any views visitors wish to see and allow users to connect to
anywhere in the world without leaving their room.

Even the bathrooms are high tech: hands-free technology
for showers and hand washing saves the environment by
eliminating the need for towels.

Degree: Lund university, Sweden, B Political Science;
tilda_kristerrson@hotmail.com

Degree: Queen’s University, M Urban and Regional Planning;
olivia@oliviasusai.com

Faculty: Pierpaolo Matridonna

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