Strato Cruiser is a concept for a "lifestyle zeppelin" developed by art director Tino Schaedler and Michael J Brown.
The luxury helium-filled airship contains a gourmet restaurant, a spa, a swimming pool, a resident DJ and so on.
See also our stories on the Aeroscraft ML866 hybrid airborne vehicle; and Jean-Marie Massaud's Manned Cloud airship.
Details from the designers:
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STRATO CRUISER
concept for a lifestyle zeppelin
by tino schaedler and michael j brown
STRATO CRUISER
Concept:
Merging the soothing ride of an ocean cruise with Richard Branson’s futuristic visions of space travel, the Stratocruiser offers short, regenerative journeys for the cosmopolitan traveler. The project aims to bring lifestyle and health into travel routines, which have become increasingly compacted and frenzied. Like modern nomads we can again enjoy travel, arriving more refreshed than we left, thanks to incredible views of the worlds most exciting landscapes and cities.
Experience:
As a fictional partnership with the SupperClub, Stratocruiser adds a new experience to the chain’s clubs, restaurants, ‘On location’ and ‘Cruise’ boats. Guests depart for a full day of spa treatments—massage, personal trainers, yoga classes and beauty care are on offer. The Stratocruiser offers “medium-haul” transits between the Supperclub hubs: transatlantic, transpacific, trans-american or Europe-Middle East routes. With spa, library, and private mini-offices available, the contemporary traveler who seldom has time for a cruise can transform an otherwise exhausting and ordinary journeys into a positive experience.
As the zeppelin approaches its lookout destination at sunset, travelers then sit down to a healthy gourmet dinner overlooking glaciers, tropical jungles or Mayan ruins. New locations and star chefs are rotated weekly to ensure that no experience is the same.
As one would expect from the SupperClub, guest DJs inject a club flare after dinner with the option to party the night through or retire to ones private cabin to awake refreshed in the morning at ones origin.
Structure:
With its carbon fiber skin, sectional helium chamber design and photovoltaic cells, the Stratocruiser’s construction brings new levels of safety, speed and ecology to travel. Its “doughnut hole” atrium reinvents the zeppelin concept with a sky lounge on top, the earthward viewing restaurant on the underside and a recreational climbing wall in between. Private suites are sheltered away from public spaces on the ship’s belly, while an advanced propulsion system more than doubles the cruising speed of conventional blimps.
1. Rigid Airship Frame with Helium Chambers
2.Photovoltaic Cell Network
3.Retractable Polycarbonate Roof
4.Terraced Deck with Lap pool
5.SkyView Lounge
6.Main Atrium with Climbing Wall
7. EarthView Restaurant & Bar
8. Spa Treatment & Library
9. Private Suites
10.Kitchen & Staff Rooms
11. Captain's Bridge
12.Gantryway
13.Propulsion
14. Bungee Jumping Platform