Every two years the Olympics puts another city on display to the rest of the world. These cities spend millions of dollars selling and building their dream, and when the podium is cleared after the final event, the locals are left with too much of everything. Miles of empty parking lots, Olympic villages, mass transit systems and bobsled courses all laid to waste in the wake of the Olympic beast. Perhaps organizers could learn a thing or two from Travelodge’s temporary pop-up hotels.
By using 88 stacked shipping containers, Travelpod is an upcoming 8 storey budget accommodation space bound for London, UK. This $10 million facility takes 30 weeks to erect, and can be taken apart and re-used in any climate. Each room comes well equipped with a bed, bathroom, flat screen tv and dvd player, which is a steal when you consider the suggested $60 per night price tag. Designed to augment accommodations spaces during peak vacation times, we think they’re the perfect replacement for a temporary Olympic village.
