Explore sleep pods, micro hotels, and other options for meeting the basic need of sleep. Think about how these services, typically designed for airport travelers and festival goers, could serve people experiencing houselessness.

1. Sleep Pods, Capsules, and Micro Hotels
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Basic Need: Sleep
Compiled by Julia McKenna for Community Services Consortium
June 2017
Contact: Julia.McKenna.edu@gmail.com

2. Mini Capsule Hotel by Atelier Van Lieshout
• six-bed dorm-style hotel
Reference Links: http://weburbanist.com/2012/03/19/housing-for-the-homeless-14-smart-sensitive-solutions/

3. Sleepbox by Russian architects Arch Group
• a unit that could be rented for a period of time between fifteen
minutes and a few hours
Reference Links: http://weburbanist.com/2012/03/19/housing-for-the-homeless-14-smart-sensitive-solutions/

4. + Sleepbox
Reference Links: http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airport-microhotels/index.html

5. + Sleepbox
Reference Links: http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airport-microhotels/index.html

6. Yotel
• YOTEL is known for their small but comfortable and affordable rooms.
• The key features of a YOTEL hotel includes automated check in and
check out, free WiFi, monsoon showers, and workstations with
multiple power points.
• YOTEL has airport hotels that offer bunk style cabins, double cabins
and twin cabins.
• YOTEL’s city hotels offer cabins with different-sized beds, some rooms
with private terraces, and VIP suites.
• This budding group of micro hotels has locations in New York City,
London Heathrow, London Gatwick, and Amsterdam Schiphol.
Reference Links: http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airport-microhotels/index.html

7. + Yotel
Reference Links: http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airport-microhotels/index.html

8. Napcab
Reference Links: http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airport-microhotels/index.html

9. SnoozeCube
Reference Links: http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airport-microhotels/index.html

10. +SnoozeCube
• SnoozeCubes provide space for passengers looking for extra privacy,
comfort and somewhere to lay their head.
• There are 13 units in concourse D (Terminal 1) at Dubai international
airport.
• There is enough room to for a bed, touchscreen TV offering music and
movies and room to hang a coat and store carry-on luggage.
Reference Links: http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airport-microhotels/index.html

11. Snoozebox
Reference Links: http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airport-microhotels/index.html

12. + Snoozebox
• Snoozebox is designed to be portable, to set up on any site.
• This mobile micro hotel is designed to provide luxury
accommodations during events and festivals in the UK and Europe.
• A Snoozebox room includes a comfortable bed, air-conditioning, free
WiFi, a flat screen TV, and a personal safe.
• Each room also comes with a wet room with shower, basin, toilet,
towels, and toiletries.
Reference Links: http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airport-microhotels/index.html

13. + Snoozebox
Reference Links: http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airport-microhotels/index.html

14. Nine Hours Japanese Micro Hotel
• Nine Hours is a compact urban hotel designed for business travel
and quick overnight stays.
• This pod hotel welcomes travelers for the absolute basics of overnight
rest.
• The hotel offers capsule units that come with a mattress, pillow,
comforter and sheets.
• Guests are also provided with towels and bathroom items for their
stay.
• The hotel’s name is based on the idea that the typical business
traveler stays in a hotel for about nine hours on average.
Reference Links: http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airport-microhotels/index.html

15. + Nine Hours Japanese Micro Hotel
Reference Links: http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airport-microhotels/index.html

16. Hotel Shinjuku 510’s Japanese Micro Hotel
Reference Links: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/02/business/global/02capsule.html
• Hotel Shinjuku 510’s
capsules are 6 1/2 feet long
by 5 feet wide
• The rent is surprisingly high
for such a small space:
59,000 yen a month, or
about $640, for an upper
bunk.
• With no upfront deposit or
extra utility charges, and
basic amenities like fresh
linens and free use of a
communal bath and sauna,
the cost is far less than
renting an apartment in
Tokyo, Mr. Nakanishi says.

17. Sleep Pod
Reference Links: http://www.decoist.com/nap-pods-office/

18. Sleep Pod
Reference Links: http://www.decoist.com/nap-pods-office/

19. Sleep Pod
Reference Links: http://www.decoist.com/nap-pods-office/

20. Sleep Pod
Reference Links: http://www.decoist.com/nap-pods-office/

21. Sleep Pod
Reference Links: http://www.decoist.com/nap-pods-office/

22. Sleep Pod
Reference Links: http://www.decoist.com/nap-pods-office/

23. Sleep Pod
Reference Links: http://www.decoist.com/nap-pods-office/