Sleepbox in Dubai Airport by Arch Group

Russian architects Arch Group have designed a booth for taking a quick nap in busy urban environment Called Sleepbox. It's a 2 x 1.4 x 2.3m cubicle into which is a skinny bed, an LCD TV and power outlets. The sheets are changed automatically, a continuous roll of bed linen winds across the mattress.The architects explain:

SLEEPBOX is a small mobile space (box) 2mx1.4mx2.3m (h). The main functional element in it is a bed 2×0.6 m, which is equipped with automatic system of change of bed linen. Bed is soft, flexible strip of foamed polymer with the surface of the pulp tissue. Tape is rewound from one shaft to another, changing the bed. If a client wants to sleep in maximum comfort, he can take the normal set of bed linen for an extra fee.

After the clients exit, automatic change of bed linen starts and quartz lamps turns on. Payment can be made on a shared terminal, which provides the client with an electronic key. It is possible to buy from 15 minutes to several hours.


Here are the possible locations for SLEEPBOX:

* Railroad stations
* Airports
* Expocentres
* Public and shopping centers
* Accommodation facilities

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There's a rumour that Dubai airport is installing around 50 -70 boxes in coming months.


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Abondoned cars in dubai-

• 65 cars were abandoned at Dubai airport and seized by the police by the end of 2008
• 22 cars were removed from Dubai airport by police “recently”
• 1450 cars were claimed back by banks in 2007 (not just abandoned at the airport) - about 28 cars per week
• 3200+ cars were claimed by banks in 2008 - about 60 cars per week.

More than 3,000 cars have been abandoned by owners to escape loan payments, just over double the figure in 2007, a senior police official has revealed.
Police recently removed 22 cars dumped at Dubai International Airport after owners fled the country leaving a trail of debt behind. Cars have also been abandoned at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
In Dubai last year 3,241 cars were claimed by the banks, he said. Of these 466 had been impounded by police. “The percentage of such incidences rose last year. In 2007, 1,450 cars were claimed by banks. In 2008, the number increased by 123 per cent,” said Col Saif Muhair Al Mazrouei, deputy director of traffic department at Dubai Police.
he said. “A lot of times people just leave. You get a credit card and loans and then you lose your job. What to do? Go home. It’s something that all banks are facing.
The seized cars will end up as lots in an auction or on the floor of car showrooms. Golden Belt, an auction house based in Al Aweer, Dubai, holds car auctions every week where many cars taken back by banks are sold off. Among them are expensive sports cars such as Porsches and BMWs.

private source said, that around 460 cars were found parked with keys inside, in Dubai Airport parking lot, which assumes of people terminated who fled the country leaving these cars.

How many more it will be ?

via source and source2