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Slowhouse & Arc

A new way to experience nature.

A later idea: the same concrete-pipe pods, set apart in a landscape. Not a pavilion, not a hotel, and not something you can book today.

The cluster below is a concept render of OPod pipes in a landscape. It is not a place you can book. Further down, licensed photographs of real small rooms and Ahmedabad are labelled as references or location context. They are not OPods.

Five OPod concrete-pipe shelters with round glass fronts and blue rim lights in a mountain meadow.
RetreatWellnessWorkationSustainable

Retreat

A night off the grid of the city

A later line for a quiet landscape stay. Not a place you can book.

Wellness

Rest as the whole point

Cooling, a bath, and darkness. Still a sketch, not a spa claim.

Workation

Work where the week is slower

Desk, network, and a door. No dates are on sale.

Sustainable

A shell that can be lifted and reused

The hope of a relocatable concrete shell. Not a certified green building.

Real compact rooms, for scale

These are licensed photographs of other people’s small rooms. They are references for a bed, a desk, a fridge, or a washroom. They are not OPods.

Compact single bed in a small apartment. Amenity reference, not an OPod.Amenity reference
Compact single bed in a small apartment. Amenity reference, not an OPod. Photo: IFERREIRO, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. File · Licence
Single bed in a youth-hostel room. Amenity reference, not an OPod.Amenity reference
Single bed in a youth-hostel room. Amenity reference, not an OPod. Photo: Profpcde, CC0, Wikimedia Commons. File · Licence
Tiny-house bench bed with storage underneath. Amenity reference, not an OPod.Amenity reference
Tiny-house bench bed with storage underneath. Amenity reference, not an OPod. Photo: Tammy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. File · Licence
Single berth in a capsule hotel. Amenity reference, not an OPod.Amenity reference
Single berth in a capsule hotel. Amenity reference, not an OPod. Photo: Kanesue, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. File · Licence
Compact home-office desk and chair. Amenity reference, not an OPod.Amenity reference
Compact home-office desk and chair. Amenity reference, not an OPod. Photo: Mackenzie Kosut, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. File · Licence
Small kitchenette with sink, counter, and microwave. Amenity reference, not an OPod.Amenity reference
Small kitchenette with sink, counter, and microwave. Amenity reference, not an OPod. Photo: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. File · Licence
Mini fridge in a hotel room. Amenity reference, not an OPod.Amenity reference
Mini fridge in a hotel room. Amenity reference, not an OPod. Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. File · Licence
Hotel bathroom with basin, toilet, and a shower cubicle. Amenity reference, not an OPod.Amenity reference
Hotel bathroom with basin, toilet, and a shower cubicle. Amenity reference, not an OPod. Photo: Wolfmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. File · Licence
Sabarmati Riverfront and Atal Bridge. Location context, not a pod site.Location
Sabarmati Riverfront and Atal Bridge. Location context, not a pod site. Photo: Pravega, CC0, Wikimedia Commons. File · Licence
Several separate pipe pods in a dry hill landscape. Each one keeps the round glass front and blue rim.
Mountain view. Several separate pipe pods in a dry hill landscape. Each one keeps the round glass front and blue rim.
Inside one pipe, looking at the circular glass door and the hills beyond.
Interior. Inside one pipe, looking at the circular glass door and the hills beyond.
The concrete cylinder is the room. Bed, desk, and the round opening share one volume.
Acoustic shell. The concrete cylinder is the room. Bed, desk, and the round opening share one volume.
Pipe rim: concrete shell, round glass, blue ring, warm interior.
Material detail. Pipe rim: concrete shell, round glass, blue ring, warm interior.
The same OPod shell, shown alone, so the retreat reads as a group of pods rather than one curved building.
Another pipe. The same OPod shell, shown alone, so the retreat reads as a group of pods rather than one curved building.