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Codecasa raises the bar with the interior on the 203-foot Moneikos.
by Justin Ratcliffe
photography by Alessandro Braida
06/01/2007
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When the 203-foot (62-meter) Moneikos was launched by
Codecasa in Viareggio, Italy, early last June, she joined Apogee as the
yard’s largest private yacht since the family-run company began shipbuilding in
1825. The yard’s legendary attention to high-quality construction and interior
detail has attracted a long list of high-profile clients including Giorgio
Armani and Stefano Gabbana. Moneikos shares Apogee’s high-tensile
steel hull, bulbous bow, aluminum alloy superstructure and basic exterior lines,
but it is inside where the two designs diverge. Indeed, the interior of
Moneikos is quite unique, both in terms of layout and styling, and the
result is stunning in its simplicity and visual contrast.
Top: The main salon
is used principally as a children’s game room. Bottom: The view down the
main staircase from the upper deck. (Click images to enlarge)
"The owner wanted a clean, contemporary interior that wasn’t
overly decorative and that complemented the yacht’s exterior styling," explains
architect and designer Luisella Italia of Studio Dedalo in Turin. Working with
the owner’s wife, Italia came up with a thoroughly modern décor based on dark
wengé flooring offset by light maple bulkheads. Soft furnishings chosen by the
owner’s wife in bold hues such as fuchsia, turquoise and emerald green punctuate
the linear design and focus the eye. These same colors are reproduced in the
coral and other marine life in the backlit underwater photographs by Bruno
Rizzato mounted as artwork on the walls. Selected items of classic furniture,
such as the Fritz Hansen egg chairs inspired by Arne Jacobsen’s designs in the
late 1950s, are evidence of the Italian owner’s discerning taste for timeless
design that never goes out of fashion.
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Although the owner’s previous yacht was a 50-meter Codecasa, he
was impressed with the layout of Lürssen’s 200-foot Phoenix launched in
2005.
"In particular," says Captain Marino Paladini, "he wanted
to emulate the wheelhouse on the sun deck with the owner’s suite underneath
on the upper deck."
Top: The adult lounge embodies the main themes
of the interior décor, with dark wengé floors, light maple bulkheads and backlit
underwater photos. Bottom: The massive lacquered dining table. (Click images to enlarge)
The extra height and panoramic forward-facing windows lend the
cabin superb sea views, but unlike Phoenix with its shorter foredeck,
Moneikos has managed to maintain its sleek exterior profile and elongated
bow without sacrificing interior volume. The simplicity of design is continued
in the owner’s bathroom, an area where embellishment is all too often mistaken
for luxury. Instead, the crystal glass washbasins and shower stall,
custom-designed by Antonio Lupi in Florence, are highlighted by gold-leaf
cabinetry and wall panels that blend with the warm, honey-colored maple.
Breaking with convention, the owner also opted for an indoor
dining room on the upper deck, although the curved glass doors open completely
onto the aft deck with its corner sofas and coffee tables. Set into the
high-gloss black ceiling above the white lacquered dining table that can
comfortably seat 16 guests are scores of LED lights that glow softly in the dark
to re-create the night sky. In between the dining room and owner’s suite is a
lounge area that serves as an adult salon since the main-deck lounge is given
over to use as a children’s play area. That the largest room on the yacht is
used principally if not exclusively by children is an unheard of choice, but it
also illustrates the intensely family-oriented nature of the interior layout and
design.
Top: The owner’s cabin. Bottom: Gold leaf
cabinets in the owner’s bathroom. (Click images to enlarge)
Two bespoke semicircular sofas in the middle of the room
arranged around a central pouf and flanked by four lilac-colored Plexiglas
columns dominate the area. Disguising the structural pillars within, these
illuminated columns also provide practical storage space for kids toys and the
like. A series of light panels in the ceiling can be programmed to flash in
sequence in varying colors—a fun feature that no doubt delights the yacht’s
younger passengers and maybe one or two of the adults as well. Commendably, the
children’s lounge does not feature a TV screen.
Whereas gymnasiums are often relegated to the lower decks, the
fitness-conscious owner of Moneikos has chosen to locate his on the sun
deck behind the wheelhouse to make the most of the view while working out.
Equipped with Technogym gear and a Matrix jogging machine, the gym looks onto
the aft deck where pride of place is taken up by a 7,397-gallon pool with active
current for swimming. The sheer size of the pool makes replacing the water after
use both impractical and wasteful, so it has its own filtered holding tank on
the bilge deck.
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