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Snuggles, a Modular Hotel Inspired by Hamster Tunnels

by Stephanie Rogers · View Comments

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If you’ve ever looked at a hamster tunnel and thought, “Gee, I wish they made these human-sized”, you’re in luck. A German urban design firm has created a modular hotel concept that can be used for camping in the woods, fun on the beach or as an urban residence. And it’s so cozy, they named it ‘SNUGGLES’.

From Inhabitat:

The modular system was intended for use as comfortable, safe housing for travelers to festivals, workshops, or other artistic events. Each unit features a three-sided pod with a window and tunnel access to a central pod with sanitary facilities.

We love that their hotel design uses the barest of resources, and is totally mobile and reconfigurable. The pods can built on stilted platforms, which gives the eco advantage of adapting to their environment without disturbing it. This vertical living configuration could be even more sustainable than camping, with the ability to fit more travelers per square foot of land used.

So now there are human hamster balls, hamster wheels and hamster tunnels. To complete the experience, we just need some clumsy giants to pick us up and squeeze us until our eyeballs bulge, then forget to feed us until we die in a pile of our own feces. Awesome. Sign me up.

Link [Inhabitat]

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