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The 2018 Radical Innovation Awards The hospitality industry is a captivating arena many adjacent industries now look to for leadership in innovation and for advance peaks into how people want to live, work, play and travel in the future. One fascinating place to find such ideas is the Radical Innovation Awards. The criteria? Now in its 12th year, “It’s intent has remained the same. “These ideas are going to get to market. It’s not just an awards show – we’re finding real concepts that we can execute and are executing. They’re going to make a difference over time in what’s happening in the market.”

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Arcadia Flirts with IDEA Gold The Flirt Collection, designed by David Ritch and Mark Saffell of 5D Studio, for Arcadia, has won a Gold Award in the 2018 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) competition run by the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA). The Flirt Collection is only the latest award-winning product designed

by Ritch and Saffell. Their first IDEA Gold was for the Kart Chair, which went on to win Bronze in the Design of the Decade competition. In addition they’ve designed Best of NeoCon winners for multiple companies.

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Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: Healthy Nudges => Healthy People

CITED: “HERE’S WHERE REDESIGN BEGINS IN EARNEST, WHERE WE STOP TRYING TO BE LESS BAD AND WE START FIGURING OUT HOW TO BE GOOD.” —WILLIAM MCDONOUGH, CRADLE TO CRADLE: REMAKING THE WAY WE MAKE THINGS

Nudges have been a particularly hot topic since Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago won a Nobel Prize, in part, for studying them. By nudges, we mean environmental or default cues that lead people to choose a healthier, more positive choice, compared to a negative one. And nudges toward health are being actively managed, in architecture, interior design and elsewhere.

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John Hardy welcomes the jury and audience to this year’s Radical Innovation award ceremony. Photos: courtesy of Radical Innovation

The 2018 Radical Innovation Awards

by Mallory Jindra The hospitality industry is a captivating arena many adjacent industries now look to for leadership in innovation and for advance peaks into how people want to live, work, play and travel in the future. One fascinating place to find such ideas is the Radical Innovation Awards.

“Radical Innovation welcomes big ideas for the guest experience – from inside and outside of hospitality, from any country, and from professionals and students alike.

Our criteria? Show us what the hotel environment can be.

Radical Innovation challenges the hotel industry to elevate the guest experience by calling for new ideas in design and operations.”

Each year, finalists are selected by a jury of hotel insiders from a pool of more than 50 international entries, based on the creativity and feasibility of their proposals, and flown to compete in a live vote on the Radical Innovation stage.

“Select finalists present their concepts in front of industry influencers and investors during a live event where the audience votes to determine the winner. Since its founding, Radical Innovation has awarded nearly $100,000 to progressive architectural and hospitality-minded thinkers.”

At the 2018 Radical Innovation Awards in early October, nearly 200 guests – professionals in hospitality, real estate, finance, design, branding and development – gathered at the New Museum in New York City to listen to each finalist and then participate in a live vote to declare a winning concept.

Now in its 12th year, Radical Innovation has come a long way, growing to an event with strong international appeal, but its intent has remained the same. Radical Innovation awards began as an experiment, with a purpose to find new ideas in hospitality that people in the industry weren’t yet familiar with.

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events “It’s very altruistic, but these ideas have real purpose to change our industry,” said John Hardy, Radical Innovation founder and founder of the John Hardy Group. “And we wanted to find people we didn’t know about who have those ideas but didn’t have a forum to put forth their new ideas.”

“It’s a mind-boggling, grassroots, open-source, very welcoming experience. You really have to attend the event to understand it. Come to the live audience vote and participate in it, and you won’t find anything quite like.”

Stefan Rier, cofounding architect of Network of Architecture, opened the firm in 2011, and right away began participating in competitions and design challenges that stretch the imagination.

John Hardy with all of the 2018 finalists

“Radical Innovation is radical and a bit weird, and that is its strength,” said Mr. Rier. “We love to stay in touch with new ideas, and at Radical Innovation, you get to be around so many new, fresh ideas. We place value in that and think that is very important.”

The jury’s primary function is to question, and to flesh out each idea for creativity level and feasibility. “Is this idea really radical?” “Is it feasible within three-to-five years?” “What about ‘X’ or ‘Y’?”

And themes across each year’s submissions have continued to evolve.

“The autonomous technology aspect is new this year,” noted Mr. Hardy. “And La Colline [a 2018

finalist] is a social experience in hospitality that we haven’t seen before.

There’s been a lot of altruistic social focus – cultural, adventure tourism, agrarian focus.”

At Radical Innovation, Steve Lee, founder and principal at Aprilli Design Studio, found the right forum for bringing his Autonomous Travel Suite to life.

“I wanted to explore autonomous technology and its impact on the hotel industry, and I wanted to enter this type of idea into a competition to go through the motions of designing how it would come to fruition,” said Mr. Lee. “Radical Innovation is that platform of free ideas that could help me do that.”

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events Radical Innovation places a high premium on ideas that are radical. “How technology is being used innovatively, applied to both old and new concepts – such as a space hotel or a hotel floating on top of a bridge,� said Mr. Hardy. “Years ago, space hotels sounded crazy to us, but they’re now underway. We have to be really careful about not discounting or underestimating ideas that seem impossible at the moment. We’re not designing for now. We’re designing the future.�

Participating in Radical Innovation does not come cheap – Mr. Hardy estimates the average cost of one submission at around $20,000. “By that measure, we have a lot of people here with a lot of passion. It’s a big commitment, but if you have an idea and solution that you really believe in, it’s worth it.�

These ideas are going to get to

market,� said Mr. Hardy. “It’s not just an awards show – we’re finding real concepts that we can execute and are executing. They’re going to make a difference over time in what’s happening in the market. More forces are beginning to work together, too, and we’ll see the benefits of that crossover happening in the next threeto-five years.�

Of the four hospitality concepts presented live on stage, “the Autonomous Travel Suite became the recipient of this year’s $10,000 grand prize. Aquaponic Experience Hotel by Alice and Clotilde Varinot of Varinot & Varinot Architectes received the runner-up recognition, a $5,000 prize.

Student winners Daniel Czyszczoń and Michał Witalis of Poland’s Cracow University of Technology were awarded $1,500 for their concept, RES. Both students will also have the opportunity to pursue an assistantship for a

Master’s of Architecture Degree in Hospitality Design at UNLV.�

Below, find the winning designs of the 2018 Radical Innovation Awards, with follow-up notes from each finalist.

Autonomous Travel Hotel. Aprilli Design Studio, Los Angeles, United States. 2018 Grand Prize Winner Project Summary: “The Autonomous Travel Suite integrates transportation and hospitality through a driverless, mobile suite offering door-to-door transportation service in between a traveler’s home and destination. Within a compact hotel room environment, the suite is equipped with basic sleeping, working and washroom functions, allowing guests to be most efficient and productive while optimizing travel time. Operated and maintained by the Autonomous Hotel Chain, once scheduled online or via mobile app, a customized unit

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events is delivered to the traveler’s door and taken to a local Autonomous Hotel docking facility at the traveler’s destination, where the unit extends into a larger parent suite. Acting as both a personal rental car and hotel room, The Autonomous Travel Suite provides both a new way of traveling and an extension of the conventional hotel experience, from the minute a traveler steps out of their home.”

“The most important thing to understand is that this is not a car, this is a room,” said Steve Lee, founder and principal at Aprilli Design Studio.

“An autonomous car will be able to run 10-20 hours, so the travel distance is not an issue; rather, the issue is how long a person can stay inside it.”

The Autonomous Travel Suite is specifically designed for long-distance travel, and designed to be operated and maintained by the hospitality industry.

“We wanted to strengthen and highlight the service piece of the hospitality industry,” said Mr. Lee. “The mobile suite will use an electric vehicle with batteries and all other maintenance to be taken care of by the parent. hospitality chain.”

Drone

Hotel

Steve Lee

Integration

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events Where might the hospitality industry begin building a network for the Autonomous Travel Suite?

“Right now, the U.S. is one of the best places to begin developing something like this,” said Mr. Lee. “Many cities and destinations are within 5-6 hours of each other. The idea would be to have another hotel every one or two hours, offering service along a full hotel route. And we already have a very strong infrastructure that could support the type of highway stations that the Autonomous Travel Suite would require, compared to other locations in Asia and Europe.”

Judges wanted to know – Can the travel suite operate independently, or does it absolutely need a docking station? What is the status of our understanding of autonomous driving right now, and of the impact it could make in the near future?

“All of the research studies done about autonomous driving have so far been commissioned by or focused on the auto industry,” noted Mr. Lee. “We need to shift the focus to include more applications of autonomous technologies. The autonomous travel suite is one idea, but I believe there will be many more ideas in the pipeline very soon.”

“I believe this project can be realized within the next 10 years. Autonomous technology will become accessible

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Podium

Elevation

Interface

Pool

within three-to-four years, but the civil engineering and urban infrastructure and planning need to catch up.”

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events Aquaponic Hotel Experience. Varinot & Varinot Architectes (VVA), Paris, France. Professional Finalist Project Summary: “This hotel concept integrates an aquaponic system for a fully self-sufficient experience. Aquaponics is a symbiotic system of aquaculture in which the waste produced by farmed fish supplies nutrients for plants grown hydroponically, which in turn purify the water. Inspired by this concept,

US Major Cities - Driving Distance Diagram

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Bedroom

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Bathroom

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events Varinot & Varinot Architectes created a hotel that is designed to mirror this closed, vertical system where rainwater is continuously recycled throughout the hotel. Not only does the ecosystem reduce water consumption, but it also produces in efficient quantities. The sustainable hotel offers fresh fruits, fish and vegetables in the restaurant; flowers and herbs in the bedroom; and, seaweed to relax in the spa. The modular concept can be adapted to any city, depending on its individual needs and skyline restrictions.”

One of VVA’s primary challenges was to balance the nuances of building a sound aquaponics structure while also providing a very high-quality room.

“We wanted to address the food, air and water issues that have come about from climate change, through the hospitality industry,” noted Alice and Clotilde Varinot, of VVA. “The expectations of customers are changing. People want to travel guiltfree.”

Is it really possible to have so many sustainable constructs in a working hotel?

“We are finding that this is something we can build today, and we are working on making it a reality right now. This is a realistic answer to a very big problem.”

Exterior

Restaurant

Alice and Clotilde Varinot of VVA

Lobby

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events Le Colline Incantate. Network of Architecture (NOA), Bolzano, Italy.

Professional Finalist Project Summary: “Intended to create a place of security and tranquility within the hills of Northern Italy, Le Colline Incantate is a retreat for single parents and their children facing a new family situation. The hotel provides its guests with comfortable zones and protected spaces. Designed within its landscape, NOA* decided to cover the entire structure with plants alongside waterways for distinct cross-ventilation that establishes a sustainable, comfortable, and consistent temperature throughout the complex without the need of thermal insulation. The architects worked alongside a psychologist to develop a program with several therapeutic proposals including specific rooms for individual and group sessions, communal group activities, and thoughtful evaluation plans all within an inviting environment.�

Children play with caretakers

Entrance

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events “We were hearing from one of our hotel clients that they wanted to create a hotel that would address families of divorce or other struggles, because

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those families often aren’t able to find the right type of space for their family structure,” said Stefan Rier, architect and cofounder of NOA.

At Le Colline, families dealing with divorce or some other broken element can find the right space make-up for their family, support areas, caretakers,

Kinder room in hotel suite

Outdoor water therapy pods

Parents alone

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events and therapy services – an all-inclusive hotel of a completely new breed.

Built into the hills and surrounded by nature, the hotel features the luxury amenity spaces of other hotels, but can offer much more.

“Ideally, a family would spend twothree weeks at the hotel initially,” said Mr. Rier. “And then, they would return every two or three months for a few days to continue resolving issues and moving through healthy patterns.”

In addition to conventional therapy spaces, Le Colline has specific outdoor therapy zones. For example, small sitting pods nestled around the water can host therapy session for two-four people. During those sessions, kids have something mindless to do when trying to express themselves, dipping their fingers into the water.

The project is currently in the planning and permission phase, and

Stefan Rier

Room from outside

has a projected completion date of 2021. The hotel will be able to host 45 families at once, and each “room” will

Pool

Waterfalls

Socializing

be larger than the usual hotel room, featuring two sleeping areas and two bathrooms.

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events Room Extension Solution (RES).

Daniel Czyszczoń and Michał Witalis | Cracow University of Technology, Poland. 2018 Student Winner Project Summary: “Utilizing autonomous vehicle technology, RES is a new concept that acts as a hotel room’s extension focused on optimizing travel time, navigation, comfort, safety and efficiency. After stepping off of a flight, travelers will be met at arrivals with a quick checkin service for RES. Inside the mobile hotel room, guests will find a full-size bed, ample storage space for luggage with cabinets and small wardrobe, and a fully operational bathroom en route to the hotel structure and docking stations. Until the passenger leaves the hotel, the vehicle is part of the overall room. Combining autonomous transport with hospitality has the power to redefine the way we travel around the world.”

Room Extension Solution

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events Floating Hotel. 2018 Student Honorable Mention Project Summary: “The Floating Hotel is built to encourage ecotourism. The model integrates local fishing culture and tourism in an eco-hotel. Equipped with fishing cages and efficient space for production, the hotel encourages its guests to experience and participate in farming first-hand. In a shared, sustainable, floating village, tourists and locals are joined to help develop services along the river community.”

The 2018 Radical Innovation Jury included: >John Hardy, President/CEO, The John Hardy Group >Michael Medzigian, Chairman & Managing Partner, Watermark Capital Partners, LLC >Jena Thornton, LEED AP, Managing Director, Magnetic ERV >Simon Turner, Managing Director, Alpha Lodging Partners, LLC >James Woods, Head of WeLive, WeWork >Wing T. Chao, Founder, Wing T. Chao Global Advisors >Claude Amar, Managing Director, The John Hardy Group International Honorary Jurors: >Maki Bara, President & Co-Founder of The Chartres Lodging Group

Radical Innovation Award designer, Chris Hardy (Founder, Chris Hardy Design)

Floating Hotel, 2018 Student Honorable Mention

The 2018 Radical Innovation Jury (from left to right): Jim Woods (Head of WeLive, WeWork); Tinchuck Ng (Managing Director and Co-head of Investments for The Cottonwood Group); John Hardy (Founder of Radical Innovation and CEO/President of The John Hardy Group); Jena Thorton (Managing Director, Magnetic ERV); Claude Amar (Managing Director, The John Hardy Group); Wing Chao (Founder, Wing T. Chao Global Advisors); Maki Bara (President & Co-Founder of The Chartres Lodging Group)

John Hardy with the 2018 student winners (from left to right: Daniel Czyszczoń, Michał Witalis and John Hardy)

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events >Tinchuck Ng, Managing Director and Co-head of Investments for The Cottonwood Group “The event was co-produced by The John Hardy Group with support from founding sponsor Global Allies,

and official partner Sleeper magazine.

Innovator-level sponsors included Beyer Brown, DFL Legal, Martin Stringfellow Associates, Son & Sons, and the UNLV School of Architecture. Visionary-level sponsors included Magnetic, Castell Project and RIVUR.” n

The John Hardy Group is a strategic, transformational development services firm for investors and brands engaged in hospitality real estate. JHG is recognized as the leader in providing creative solutions to complex building challenges, tapping its diverse team, using proprietary project research and planning, and specialized in-house software that tracks progress and budget conformance. The firm excels as a bridge between the ambition of its clients and project realization, having managed more than $7 billion in development-related assignments encompassing 1200 hospitality projects in 36 countries. Offices are located in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Honolulu.

Stefan Rier, founder of Network of Architecture (NOA*), accepts the third place prize from John Hardy for his firm’s project, Le Colline Incantate

Alice and Clotilde Varinot of Varinot & Varinot Architectes accept the second place prize from John Hardy for their firm’s project, Aquaponic Experience Hotel

Steve Lee of Aprilli Design Studio accepted the $10k grand prize for his concept, Autonomous Travel Suite