The big idea

The world has become more stressful.

World Health Organization predicts burn out syndrome to become a global pandemic in the next decade. Big workloads, stressful environment, being available 24/7 and living up to the ideals of being a good partner, parent etc. seems to be important contributors. During a day of continuous input and output, when do we get the time to process it?

We tend to need some time for ourselves, while the trend seems to be putting more people in open offices exposed to each other. Do we get the time to lower our shoulders, when we’re always in others company? Who haven’t spent some extra minutes in the rest room just enjoying some time alone?

Siesta offers an accessible place to get some personal space and a good place to rest. In my contribution I’ve tried to facilitate for meditation, praying and power napping which are good old existing ways of handling stress and being able to “recharge” in a hectic daily life. Big companies such as Google are already facilitating these behaviors for their workers. Studies conducted by NASA and Harvard say a nap can increase productivity by up to 34 percent.

My solution uses the central space not being used during daytime. A nightclub is a good example of such a place. Siesta could contribute as an extra income for the nightclub owner as well as being a good way of improving our daily lives.