Feature 4 | ACCOMMODATION & INTERIORS A new space onboard, the Lawn Club Grill.
vessels. Eclipse the first of the Solstice class vessels saw the first use of the ipad in its ‘Qsine’ restaurant, where it was used for the menus. The use of the ipad onboard has now been extended to some of its lounges onboard the further two vessels, with Celebrity Silhouette featuring the Hidaway ‘treehouse-like’ location where passengers can relax and with their ipads or a book. The vessel also features the ilounge, which made Celebrity Cruises the industry’s first authorised Apple retailer; the ipads that are used onboard the vessels for its facilities are on rental from Apple. Coming up with better ideas onboard
these vessels is done by a “think tank” made up from marketing, hotel operations and newbuild staff within the company. Ms Gonzalez adds that by having this mixture of people allows for creative ideas come through and to be discussed and given a direction, then the final stage is to hand the idea over to the architects to implement into the design of the vessel. Having many people working on
one idea may produce many creative approaches, but this in itself can be a challenge, she highlights: “We have had a number of designers working on this project. The challenge has been how to marry all the idea’s together, so that when onboard each area flows on from the other and that you don’t jump from one style to another, keeping a clean transition.” Te most significant feature onboard
Celebrity Silhouette, apart from the 2.5m real-life tree in the Grand Foyer, has been the grass area of the lawn club, which has also been acclaimed as an engineering marvel by Celebrity Cruises. To implement a real grass lawn on to the deck involved digging into the flow and geometry of the lawn itself, whilst caring for the lawn involves a watering and fertilising system. Ms Gonzalez commented about
the system: “The
grass is also able to capture rainwater, but due to stringent regulations about discharging overboard there is also a drainage system to clean the water. With
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The Porch offers passengers quick and simple breakfasts and lunches.
this type of system onboard you have to be so much more careful as it is really a delicate piece of equipment.” Celebrity silhouette also features a
range of artwork onboard. Half of the collection has come from the ‘Mercury Art Collection’ from another cruise vessel that is being decommissioned, with the other half sourced and commissioned especially for the vessel, featuring some significant names from the art world, such as Anish Kapoor, Damien Hurst and Gilbert & George. Mariangela Capuzzo, art consultant, International Corporate Art, commented: “The curatorial direction of the overall theme onboard the vessel has
been based on the organic development of a Silhouette. This has been explored through the use of line, curve, shadow, and form through different media’s.” The commissioned art work onboard
the vessel is believed to cost around US$4 million, adding the Mercury Collection raises the price to “much more than that”, said Ms Capuzzo. The development of the interior space
for the fifth solstice vessel, Celebrity Reflection, is already underway. Ms Gonzalez highlights that: “We are constantly thinking ahead. Where it takes off and lands we never know.” Celebrity Reflection is expected to be delivered in late 2012. NA
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