Gallery: A Honeycomb Hotel Made for Music Festivals

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    B-And-Bee is a honeycomb hotel intended for use at musical festivals.
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    It was the winning entry of a Belgian competition that was looking for ideas surrounding sustainable entrepreneurship.
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    Since space is limited at festivals (and in Belgium in general), the team began searching for a way to accommodate the most people with the smallest spatial footprint without sacrificing privacy and comfort.
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    Prototypes have been deployed in Belgium.
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    The hexagonal form, says designer Diana Schneider, emerged after testing several different shapes.
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    “We were looking for the most effective way to stack cells so they strengthen each other,” she says.
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