Floating hotel

The prefabricated modular floating hotel structure addresses the limitations of existing floating hotels by using marine iron, environmentally friendly insulation, floating solar power, and advanced water treatment, resulting in a sustainable and resilient tourism solution.

WO2025027376A1PCT designated stage expired Publication Date: 2025-02-06HONARVAR MEHDI
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Application Number
PCT/IB2023/057812
Authority / Receiving Office
WO · WO
Patent Type
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Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2023-08-01
Publication Date
2025-02-06

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Technical Problem

Existing floating hotels face challenges such as limited geographical placement due to shallow water requirements, inability to withstand high waves, heavy and cumbersome structures, high energy consumption, and environmental impact due to non-renewable energy sources and water management.

Method used

A prefabricated, modular floating hotel structure made of marine iron, using environmentally friendly materials for walls and ceilings that provide excellent insulation, powered by floating solar energy, and featuring advanced wastewater treatment and breakwater systems for stability and peace.

Benefits of technology

The solution enables floating hotels to operate in deeper waters, withstand higher waves, reduce energy consumption by 70%, and minimize environmental impact by utilizing renewable energy and efficient water management, thus providing a sustainable and attractive tourism option.

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a floating hotel / structure having the ability to stay afloat in sea and is attached to the sea floor via cable, chain / moorings. The structure has multi utility facilities and landscaping and is built of prefabricated material having good thermal insulating properties. The structure is built on a solid pontoon for providing greater stability and also comprises solar panels for meeting the electricity demands.
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Floating Hotel

[0001] This invention entails a new type of hotel with structure and building able of floating on the surface of the water and has a double tourist attraction compared to other hotels.

[0002] 1-Climate change is a serious danger that we face as a result of the warming of the earth. This factor causes the sea level to rise. Subsequently coastal or island countries such as the Maldives are greatly affected.

[0003] 2- Due to the fact that the resorts of hotels on the water that have been developed by sea concrete piles in countries such as the Maldives and the Caribbean islands. On the other hand, these types of hotels have attracted various tourists from all over the world in the last decade. But these hotels are in danger of drowning due to climate change and rising sea levels, so floating hotels can be a suitable alternative.

[0004] 3-Many touristic coastal countries such as Dubai are facing a serious lack of land, so they are looking to create new buildings for tourism by building artificial islands (pouring sand in the sea) and developing land on the sea level.

[0005] 4- In various small countries where the price of land is very high, they face problems for the development of tourism, such as cities such as Dubai, Seoul, South Korea, Monaco, and Hong Kong.

[0006] 5- The technologies used in other existing floating hotels use ship systems and structures. Two projects are under construction in Dubai that use this system. These projects are, Floating Venice in Dubai's Jahan Islands and the second project called Kempinski Floating Hotel near Bulgari Island. Also, Ritz Carlton Hotel is building a very large luxury cruise ship for the use of the floating hotel on the coast of Monaco.

[0007] 1- This invention is prepared by completely prefabricated materials in the factory and joined with rapidly at the project site, by bolts and nuts.

[0008] 2-The structures of this invention are made of marine iron, which are prefabricated in the factory according to the structure plan designed by the team of structural engineers, and are joined to each other by bolts and nuts at the project site. These types of structures are modeled after the design system of buildings that are on land, in consequence this allows designers to build much more appealing buildings than the 3 projects mentioned in item 5-Background.

[0009] 3- The type of materials used in the wall and ceiling are environmentally friendly materials that provide excellent insulation in terms of sound and cooling heating for the project. This will reduce energy consumption by 70% through this project.

[0010] 4- This floating structure allows the design engineer to apply any design with different tastes in this hotel

[0011] 5- This floating hotel can be built according to the size and number of different floors according to client needs and different geographical conditions

[0012] 6-In order to build such hotels in different geographical areas, foremost, our design team and marine team will check enough information about the sea of ​​that area based on the return period of 25-50-100 years from that area so that they can provide a detailed investigation of the maximum height of the waves and Obtain other required design information and design according to the standards of international marine classification institutes.

[0013] 7- In order to provide more peace to the residents of these floating hotels, new generation breakwaters of my invention#... are used. This makes us able to provide maximum sea peace for this floating project in any part of the sea regardless of the geographical location.

[0014] 8- In order to supply the electricity needed for this floating hotel, we will use my invention to supply solar power floating in the sea.

[0015] 9- Most of the water consumption of this floating hotel will be provided by the hotel's wastewater treatment by the hotel's advanced treatment plant.

[0016] 10-Using several solid floating pontoons provides maximum balance for this hotel.

[0017] 1- The existing floating hotels mentioned in item 5 of the background can only be placed in areas of the sea that have a shallow depth and can be located in safe areas of the sea created by stone breakwaters. Also, at most they can resist waves of half a meter, if the waves are more than this, the peace of the residents will be greatly endangered.

[0018] 2- The lack of offshore floating breakwater causes long waves to reach the floating hotels and this causes insufficient balance in these projects. This issue causes not enough peace for tourists. An example of this is the Kempinski floating hotel project near Bulgari Island in Dubai. Since this floating hotel will be located in an area of ​​the sea where there is no stone breakwater, the waves in that area sometimes reach 2.5 to 3 meters. Also, the lack of a floating breakwater that can control this height of waves well, we predict that the construction of this hotel will face serious challenges.

[0019] 3- The type of structures used in the existing floating hotels that were mentioned in the previous parts are more like ships and the external design of these projects has limitations.

[0020] 4- The existing floating hotels (referred to in the previous item) should be built in the place where the hotel is placed or in the ship production site (shipyard), so they face challenges in order to launch these projects.

[0021] 5- The floating hotel structures built in item 5 of the background are very heavy and it is very challenging to move them.

[0022] 6- Since the materials used in the walls of floating hotels item 5 back ground are not insulated, therefore the energy consumption of these hotels increases.

[0023] 1- The main goal of this invention is to use the new technology of setting up floating buildings like hotels. So that architects can implement their tastes on floating buildings like hotels all over the world and from now on, buildings can be built on water that are completely similar to concepts on land.

[0024] 2- Since the materials used in this invention are new, prefabricated, lightweight, recyclable, environmentally friendly, therefore, very good advantages are given to these project

[0025] 3- Since the walls and ceilings are made of new materials that have good sound and heat insulation, energy consumption can be reduced by 70% and this helps the environment.

[0026] 4- Since the electricity supply of this project is using the floating solar of my own invention therefore, 100% of the electricity supply of this project is made by our own invention renewable energies. Therefore, such buildings are 100% environmentally friendly and are among zero energy buildings.

[0027] 5- Since most of the consumed water is supplied by water recycling in this project, this building is placed in the form of environmentally friendly buildings.

[0028] 6- This hotel has the ability to stay afloat in deep waters and is attached to the sea floor by cables or chains (moorings) or prefabricated cement blocks that are placed on the sea floor.

[0029] 7-Considering that our main job is construction and having 12 years of work experience in several environmentally friendly projects (roof garden and vertical garden), so we have enough experience to use new construction materials. Therefore, in this invention, we have used 100% new pre-fabricated materials, this makes us to carry out the various stages of construction in such a way that we do not face challenges in launching these floating buildings.

[0030] 1- In this invention, due to the use of prefabricated materials, the construction speed of the project is very high.

[0031] 2- Due to the fact that the materials used in the wall and ceiling are good thermal insulators, it greatly reduces energy consumption

[0032] 3- Various architects can apply any architectural style including modern, classic and neoclassic in this project.

[0033] 4- Due to the use of lightweight construction materials, the weight of the whole project is greatly reduced, which leads to a reduction in production costs.

[0034] 5- Due to the fact that this hotel is floating in the middle of the sea, it has a special view that attracts more tourists to stay in these hotels, which leads to the development of marine tourism.

[0035] 6-Climatic changes and sea level rise are not dangerous for such hotels because they are floating.

[0036] [Corrected under Rule 26, 03.10.2023]

[0037] Fig.1

[0038] In this picture, you can see the general view and location of the master plan of the entire floating hotel project. In this picture, it shows three buildings floating in the sea, which are located on the right and left side of building number 23 and 24, each of which is a hotel with 5 floors and many rooms.

[0039] And the central building number 29 includes a two-story floating building that includes all the amenities of the hotel, including a restaurant, coffee shop, massage room, etc., and in the rooftop area of ​​the rooftop garden, there is a landscape with a children's pool, an adult pool, tennis court and so on.

[0040] Fig .2

[0041] In this image, the floating hotel building includes a 5-story building. A large garden terrace is installed in many rooms of the hotel. Due to the use of a lot of green space, as well as the efficiency of 100% of renewable energies, this hotel is environmentally friendly, on the other hand, due to the use of insulated walls and light consumption. The energy in this extraordinary hotel is significantly reduced.

[0042] Fig.3

[0043] In this picture, it shows the building number 29. In this building, the amenities of the hotel have been installed on two full floors, and the roof of the hotel has been used as a roof garden in order to create the hotel yard with more amenities like a motel pool and It brings tennis court and so on for hotels and tourists.

[0044] In these pictures, due to not being crowded, we have not shown the pictures of other moorings.

[0045] you can see the following items:

[0046] No 1- In this picture, the entrance door of the hotel can be seen.

[0047] No 2- In this picture, the window of the hotel rooms can be seen.

[0048] No 3- In this picture, landscaping can be seen in the terraces

[0049] No 4- In this picture, the penthouse of the hotel is on the last floor and its location.

[0050] No 5- In this picture, the tennis court of the hotel can be seen on the roof and roof garden of the central building number 29.

[0051] No 6-In this picture, the swimming pool of Hotel, the children's pool and the adult pool can be seen in the roof garden of building number 29.

[0052] No 7- In this picture, it is the top of the stairs of building number 29, which is the access road to the roof garden and its amenities with two floors

[0053] No 8- In this image, a glass or metal protector is installed at a height of 90 cm.

[0054] No 9-In this part, you can see the connection between the floating pontoons and the superstructure

[0055] No 10- In this part, the floating pontoon, which can be made of metal or concrete, is responsible for floating the entire building by several pontoons.

[0056] No 11- The massage room of the hotel is installed in this part

[0057] No 12- In this part, the hotel's beauty room, hairdressing salon, and beauty salon are installed

[0058] No 13- The fish massage room of the hotel is installed in this part

[0059] No 14- The salt room of the hotel is installed in this part

[0060] No 15- The snow room of the hotel is installed in this part

[0061] No 16- In this part, the study room and hotel library are built

[0062] No 17- Shops and shopping centers of the hotel are built in this part

[0063] No 18- Shops and shopping centers of the hotel are built in this part

[0064] No 19- The coffee shop of the hotel has been installed in this part

[0065] No 20- The restaurant of the hotel is built in this part

[0066] No 21- In this area, various boats with different uses, including recreational ones, and boats that carry passengers to and from the city are parked.

[0067] No 22- In this part, the marina and the access road of the hotel are built

[0068] No 23- In this picture, the hotel building (eastern block) can be seen from above and its location.

[0069] No 24- In this image, the hotel building (western block) can be seen from above and its location.

[0070] No 25-In this picture, the access bridge from the central building to the hotel building can be seen.

[0071] No 26-In this picture, the roof garden of the hotel, including the landscape, is located on the roof of the central building, which is a two-story floating building.

[0072] No 27- In this picture is the marina and the access point by sea by boat

[0073] No 28- In this picture, the water line is the sea.

[0074] No 29- In this picture, the central building, which has two floors and is located in the middle, includes the amenities of the hotel on two floors.

[0075] No 30-In this picture, the anchoring lines can be seen. These lines can be cables or mooring chains that anchor the floating hotel building or building number 29 to the blocks embedded in the sea floor.

[0076] No 31- In this picture, there are prefabricated concrete blocks, which are an important part of the bracing of the floating building and the floating hotel, and they are placed on the sea floor.Examples

[0077] The technologies used in other existing floating hotels use ship systems and structures. Two projects are under construction in Dubai that use this system. These projects are, Floating Venice in Dubai's Jahan Islands and the second project called Kempinski Floating Hotel near Bulgari Island. Also, Ritz Carlton Hotel is building a very large luxury cruise ship for the use of the floating hotel on the coast of Monaco

Claims

This type of floating hotel can anchor onshore and offshore .This hotel can be built in different floors and sizes.According to the investigations of our marine team, such floating hotel structures can maintain their stability and buoyancy in different wind speeds.The materials used in this project can be recycled and are environmentally friendly, so they produce the least amount of greenhouse gases during production and are designed in line with the climate change modelThese hotels can be designed according to the customer's needs in three grades: economy, medium and super luxury.Due to the fact that the pontoons of this hotel are solid, there is no possibility of this structure sinking.Due to the fact that the multi-pontoon system is used, it creates maximum balance in this structure and this makes the people in the hotel relax.

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