Mystere Shadow
Transformer was one of the key words during the first meeting with the owner. This word defines the scope of the design, that is to create a Yacht capable of changing its function and appearance while satisfying different purposes. The mutation of the …
Why
WHY is a new type of motor yacht re defining the art of living on the sea. The starting point of WHY is based on everybody’s dream to own an Island: a place to live in complete freedom, with no constraints, with the independence that only the self suff …
Audax 130
The Audax series of Sportsyachts continues with the Audax 130. This new yacht offers up an adventurous luxury venue of design and performance. Its fluid lines stylistically capture the energy of the ocean going flying fish, leaping and sprinting forwar …
Infinitas
The design’s main inspiration comes from the symbol for infinity which has been abstractly expressed within the yacht’s elevation. The two major features of the yacht asserted by this closed loop infinity symbol are achieved by carving out stern and mi …
live for speed
Marco Casamonti: When was the Otam yacht building yard founded, how has it developed, what is its philosophy and its history? Gianfranco Zanoni: The Otam boat yard was founded in 1954 in Margherita Ligure as a service centre for boats. It has then deve …
The history of great Italian ships
The history of our large ships began on the eve of World War I, when the leading Italian navigation companies decided to launch a program aimed at building ships capable of crossing the Atlantic and that would, in terms of size and speed, surpass all t …
Floating House
This project intersects a vernacular house typology with the site-specific conditions of this unique place: an island on Lake Huron. The location on the Great Lakes imposed complexities to the house’s fabrication and construction, as well as its relati …
Loup de Mer
”Loup de Mer” is a conceptual houseboat for students or people with a fluctuating need for permanent residence in Oslo or other urban harbors. The design seeks to propose a new formal identity, or formal language, of the houseboat. The main focus has b …
Pier 23 Houseboat
Following the example set by Amsterdam and other European countries, in 2007 Hamburg initiated a competition for investors for the development of Houseboats on the Eilbek canal in an attempt to revitalise the urbanisation of the city centre‘s waterways …
Houseboat Eilbekkanal
The original idea has been to design a houseboat that essentially has the character of a boat in combination with the comfort of a traditional family home. The formal architectural language should be clear and simple. This is reflected both in the floo …