# Bio-Containing Gridshell Pods Gregory Quinn Boasts the SheltAir as a Solution to Isolate Patients By Kalin Ned | Published 2020-03-31 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sheltair References: [dezeen](https://www.dezeen.com/2020/03/31/sheltair-gregory-quinn-coronavirus-isolation-pods/) & [gregoryquinn](http://gregoryquinn.com) SheltAir is an innovation developed by German architectural engineer Gregory Quinn and it seeks to offer a solution to one of the many problems that the COVID-19 pandemic poses. It is essentially "domed bio-containment pods [that can] erect [thanks to the use] of [inflatable cushions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/intermittent-dome)." SheltAir is intended to help those who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 to better isolate. The product is [flat-pack to maximize portability](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/allspace-1) and adaptability. It consists of a [gridshell of plastic rods](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/curly-cube) and PVC-coated polyester that is to be inflated. Since the fabric is also SheltAir's "architectural envelope," Gregory Quinn heat-welds the outer skin in order to ensure the proper isolation from the outside. SheltAir allows for hospitals to be a safer environment for doctors and visitors by minimizing possible exposure. Image Credit: Dezeen ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.8/10 - Popularity: 78% | Activity: 58% | Freshness: 9% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Flat-pack Bio-containing Pods:** Developing flat-pack bio-containing pods to maximize portability and adaptability presents a disruptive innovation opportunity that can revolutionize the way medical facilities handle contagious patients in remote or hard-to-reach places. - **Inflatable Medical Enclosures:** Creating inflatable medical enclosures can offer a disruptive innovation opportunity to provide quick, temporary, and cost-effective solutions for containing infectious diseases in emergency situations like a pandemic. - **Heat-welded Architectural Envelopes:** Incorporating heat-welded architectural envelopes in building designs can present a disruptive innovation opportunity to build isolation rooms, medical facilities, and other critical structures that are safer, and more secure and environmentally friendly. ### Where This Applies - **Healthcare Industry:** The healthcare industry can implement bio-containing gridshell pods to enhance patient care, increase hospital readiness, and reduce the transmission of contagious diseases in public and hospital settings. - **Emergency Response Industry:** The emergency response industry can adopt inflatable medical enclosures to provide temporary isolation for contagious patients and fast response to emergency outbreaks like pandemics, natural disasters, and biological spills. - **Architectural Design Industry:** The architectural design industry can leverage heat-welded architectural envelopes to create cost-effective, safe, and resilient isolation rooms and medical facilities in remote or hard-to-reach areas, and increase building energy-efficiency and environmental sustainability. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Origami-Inspired Disaster Relief Pods](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/prefab-folding-pods.md) - [Prefab Timber Pods](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/forest-nests-treepod-project.md) - [Experimental Shelter Tents](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/grayhus.md) - [Quirky Solo Office Pods](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/work-capsules.md) - [Modular Emergency Vehicles Proposals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/modular-emergency-vehicles.md) - [Eco-Conscious COVID-19 Testing Kits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ecoconscious-covid19-testing-kit.md) - [Inflatable Modular Greenhouses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/havn.md) - [Climate-Responsive Prefab Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/drop-pod.md) - [Humanized Waiting Pavilions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/de-wachtkamer.md)