Destination design firm WATG won first place in the Radical Innovation in Hospitality competition for their entry, Mosaic. The award, which was founded by The John Hardy Group and co-sponsored by Hospitality Design, recognizes ingenuity in built or unbuilt hospitality concepts. Thirty projects from eight countries were submitted by hospitality brands, design and consulting professionals, and students.

The Mosaic PATHWAY (Portable Adaptable Temporary Hotel With Alternative You-ses) allows governments, developers, entrepreneurs, hoteliers, private organizations, and charitable aid societies the opportunity to create, design, develop and implement amazing new hospitality, vacation, housing, emergency shelter and support structures that are functional, beautiful, simple and adaptable to numerous situations in almost any geography. The organic, geometric-shaped Prisms of the PATHWAY system are collapsible for ease in transportation, are pre-fitted with built-in fixtures and furnishings, and come with self-contained energy, plumbing and lighting systems and self-leveling foundations.

"The Mosaic Hotel submitted by WATG captured the Grand Prize for several good reasons, said John Hardy, CEO of The John Hardy Group. “Through their internal office-wide collaborative efforts they were able to tap into a wide spectrum of ideas that went beyond pure design and were able to reflect the effects of the Great Recession on the values and priorities of hospitality thinking today. It was a unique submission that not only offered a new approach to hospitality development, but also provided a useful solution for temporary housing needs for special events and disaster situations. The concept was well thought out and was a good balance between radically innovative thought and feasible implementation potential. All in all, the voting audience got the winner right for the fourth straight year."

Michelle Finn, VP of the HD Group, concurred, saying, “The genius of WATG’s submission is the combination of creativity and fluid solutions to long standing hospitality challenges. They successfully created an architectural vocabulary that provides limitless possibilities for an authentic guest experience and return on investment potential.”

An outgrowth of a temporary relief shelter, the global Mosaic brand defines and delivers affordable, pop-up hospitality—prefabricated and portable to virtually anywhere. WATG invented Mosaic as entirely flexible, comprised of individually configured, modular prisms, outfitted as needed as spas, salons, guestrooms, mini-homes (multiple prisms such as a kitchenette and bedrooms), or tented villas (an addition to a luxury resort at peak season). Grouped together, Mosaic prisms are attached organically to Mosaic hubs that comprise and contain lobbies, restaurants, bars, lounges, and other amenities.

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