Trans RINA, Vol 153, Part C1, Intl J Marine Design, Jul - Dec 2011 3.2 EXTERIOR DESIGN
The exterior form development has the aesthetic of a smaller craft, dynamic and responsive, to capture the relationship of the user to their emotional experience of smaller craft. The dynamic and aggressive form, gives the vessel an imposing and powerful presence, even when stationary (Figure 2).
The two mid-ship geometric features retract to become balconies immersing the owner and guests in the marine environment. The final design CAD images shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3 show a more subtle elegant and less aggressive aesthetic in accordance with feng shui. The retractable balconies in Figure 3 reduce the light exposure of the interior and deck area of the middle deck.
3.3. GENERAL ARRANGEMENT LAYOUT
The interior design of the vessel was informed by the distinctive operational modes of the vessel. High speed operation and stationary. In high speed operation mode the owner and guests would like to experience and be immersed in the experience of speed. This requires a forward seating position and a view of the environment as the boat moves through it. Also the owner may wish to experience the exhilaration of the high speed motion from the comfort of
his suite. Due to legislative
restrictions for operating in China the vessel would be a coastal cruiser giving owner and guest exceptional views of the coastline, therefore requiring large areas of glass to give a more immersive experience.
In stationary mode the vessel must support traditional Chinese leisure and business cultural activities such as meetings, banquets, karaoke, mah-jong. A significant consideration in this is that banquets are a significant forum for business and tend to be quite large requiring a significant amount of staff and a large galley. The GA informed by these considerations is shown in Fig.5. The key features of the bridge deck are: 9 seats and a 3 seater sofa on the bridge to enable guests and owner to enjoy the exhilarating experience of the vessel moving at speed with a panoramic view; cinema/karaoke room; viewing area of the waterfall feature and stage below in the banquet room.
The upper deck has an owner’s suite with a panoramic view of the vessel's motion. There is also a banquet room capable of seating 42 guests; there is a stage and a waterfall feature
behind the stage (for use during
stationary operation. The dining tables in the banquet hall are arranged so that if only the central table is in use a curtain can isolate it from the empty tables with the waterfall feature as a focal point.
The use of the waterfall feature and the round tables are an integral part
The lounge area on the main deck is shown in Figure.8. The bar to the rear of the room can be seen in the upper image with the view of the windows and round sofas and table in the lower image.
of the feng shui design philosophy. As is the use of a circular stair case for the guests.
The main deck has a lounge with panoramic views in the fore section, it has a circular sofa and table as part of feng shui. The main deck has a unique design feature a feng shui internal garden acting as a hall to interconnect the lounge and meeting room to the rest of the vessel. The meeting room has a small round table and is used for intimate business meetings. Aft of the internal garden is the spiral staircase giving the guest access to the bridge deck and the main deck. Abaft of the circular staircase are four double guest rooms with en-suite for 8 guests. To the aft section of the main deck either side of the exhaust stack are 16 train style seats with a view out of the side of the vessel. This enables dinner guests to experience the excitement of high speed vessel motion as part of the overall experience of the vessel. The lower deck contains a substantial galley to support the large banqueting room and staff accommodation for 20 staff including a communal kitchen and lounge.
3.4 FLOW ANALYSIS
A critical design consideration in any superyacht is the flow analysis of guest and crew. This should be analysed with the objective of minimising interaction between guests and crew and ensuring that pinch points don't occur in the GA due to insufficient corridor width, etc.
The user paths are shown in Figure.6, the lower deck is a crew only area where the tenders and jet-skis can be launched from. Two stair cases and a dumb waiter food lift enable the banquet room to be serviced. The port side crew access to the fore deck connects to the crew stairs. The use of the stairs behind the stage in the banquet room gives the crew access to the aft deck bar by passing through the corridor dividers, which separates them from guest sitting in the aft seating. The fore crew stairs enable crew to go from main deck to upper deck and the bridge. Two lifts enable the banquet room to be serviced from both sides avoiding a bottleneck.
3.5 INTERIOR DESIGN
The infinity pool water feature at the rear of the stage is shown in Figure 7 it allows the VIPs sitting on the sofas to view the stage with privacy and not to be seen by the people in the banquet room.
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