For adventure enthusiasts, off-road vehicles and campervans offer the chance to explore the great outdoors without giving up the comforts of a small self-propelled house. With the options available in current campers, the budget is not exactly the most popular: this is the basis of the still not widespread diffusion of a vehicle which, after all, it is over 120 years old. What if we could "compact" everything we needed into a sort of small car with three or five doors?
For those looking for an essential and compact travel experience, a "camper car" equipped with modern technologies: someone has just designed one. It could be the ideal choice.
Or maybe it's better to say "may".
Yes, because the future (we often repeat it) will offer us the possibility of using vehicles, all types of vehicles, as an extension of our homes. Real rooms on wheels, in which we will be able to spend time while they arrive (alone, when autonomous vehicles become a reality) at their destination.
The designer's work is based on these premises Taehyun Kim: the concept of an “adventure and leisure small car” called Haven.
Haven is a compact electric vehicle designed for young "minimalists" who do not want to give up the luxury of cooking, sleeping and spending time immersed in nature. This little five-door is fully self-contained and designed for users who don't want the complex operation of a camper or off-road vehicle. Compact for the city, but at the same time perfect for an excursion with possible overnight stay.
“Out of town” small car
The designer's goal was to create a fully autonomous Level 5 vehicle (who knows when we'll get there: by the way, Elon, 2021 has been around for a while), equipped with customized appliances to meet the needs of the adventurous Generation Alpha.
Taehyun designed this small car based on real scenarios, and he started from the doors: they become from time to time panoramic windows, roofs for a modular tent (opening like a gull's wing) and of course barriers to protect the occupants.
Haven is equipped with appliances that emerge from the modules at the back: a refrigerator with wine cellar and an all-in-one stove. All controls are via gesture, from opening the glove compartment to preparing food.
In short (Italian only)
Creatives and visionaries continue to warm up their engines, helping to create an increasingly clear "vision" of the vehicles of the future. We have seen interpretations of all kinds, from “hotel” car to those who incorporate gymnasiums for exercise on the home-office commute.
This open-air utility vehicle is just a sign that we still have a lot to say, and we will be ready when the cars make room inside them.
