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The language of Y702’s exterior design.
by Bill Ando
photography by Marko Modic
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10/01/2007
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A yacht should be
designed solely for the pleasure of her owner, who, when approaching or leaving
the vessel, should be filled with pride, never doubting that his or her yacht is
the most beautiful in the world. Y702’s designer, Dan Lenard, points out that
the yacht was built for an experienced, impassioned owner who knows well
that style is a question of elegance, not only of aesthetics; that style results
from having the courage to make choices, and also the courage to sometimes say
no.
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Style is a combination of taste, culture and originality, which
together comprise the fundamentals of the designer’s art.
"OceAnco showed a great interest in building an outside-the-box
design," says Lenard. "The owner found the redistribution and rescale of the volumes elegant enough to encourage the concept."
Rather than revisit tradition, Y702’s new concepts forge a
visionary future for yacht design. Her profile reveals a superstructure Lenard
describes as "low volume." Rather than fill up the available space with
superstructure, thought was given to view and use. An example of this is the
pool that converts to a helipad.
"The sculptured shapes act as architectural elements and build
from the waterline to the top of the superstructure, creating the base for
the cathedral-like mast," Lenard says. "The mast, vertical in the center, has side wings that complete a perceived role of the dynamics of an explosion where
all the volumes concentrating toward the top are suddenly released in three
directions."
What is visible is necessary—air intakes and the owner’s patio—though nothing
disturbs the visual flow. Just as an architectural object communicates with the
observer, the yacht has a tacit voice creating an invitation to enter. Her lines
are functional yet enticing. That balance is the dialect of the architectural
language the designers and builders used to create Y702.
Contact oceAnco at +377 93
100281. www.oceancoyacht.com
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