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MARINA DI VENTIMIGLIA, ITALY MARINA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MDC

An urban regeneration project for the relaunch of Ventimiglia, centred on the creation of a new seashore tourist destination. This sustainable development involves the construction of new hotel and residential facilities, food & retail spaces, green areas, public services and parking, backed by an investment of 200 million euro. The initiative covers a total area of 57,000 square metres, and is designed to highlight Liguria’s scenic and environmental heritage, as well as the region’s history and culture. It will include a 5-star hotel, gym, spa and restaurant, 60 apartments managed by the hotel, 70 branded residences, a restaurant, food & beverage centre and a campus with public park, six tennis courts, Olympic swimming pool, international school with accommodation for students, teachers and athletes, an events space and multi-functional areas.

MC75 | MCCONAGHY | M2ATELIER

“We are very pleased to be involved in designing MC75’s interiors and to work with such a groundbreaking company that has made research its foundation. It’s exciting to work with a team of leading specialists in multihull design, set apart for its vision, construction technology, and excellent design,” say Marco Bonelli and Marijana Radovic, m2atelier. The boat features a huge lounge with dining area and walk-around bar, a large aft deck with sofas, an outdoor dining space, and upholstered sundecks at the bow. It has five sea-facing cabins, all with bathrooms, as well as a crew cabin adjacent to the gallery in the port hull. The sliding, openable windows create a feeling of freedom with infinite visual space and a symbiotic relationship between inside and outside. The layout of the space and furnishings can be customized to respond to needs for comfortable, versatile spaces. Delivery of the first vessel is slated for autumn 2022.

VENTO | NUVOLARI LENARD

Restoring the eco-sustainable and naturally environmentally friendly character of wind-powered sailing, regardless of size: the NL 285 “Vento” project at the Venice Boat Show 2021 is a manifesto for environmental protection. Vento has a powerful, aggressive profile and is designed to be as efficient as possible: the reverse bow, for example, as well as giving the yacht a strong personality, allows the waterline length to be extended to the maximum, thus increasing stability and performance when sailing. Vento will be built in aluminium with superstructures and masts in advanced composite. A light and long hull will have less residual resistance, and will therefore form smaller waves, to the benefit of the coastline, which is increasingly exposed to the motion generated by large, fast boats. An efficient hull must be matched by an appropriate sail plan that maximises its benefits and performance so Nuvolari Lenard turned to Ilan Gonen of Omer Wing-Sail. The result is a unique Wing Sail, which offers significantly greater efficiency than traditional rigs.

Renders © Nuvolari Lenard

AL HEERA BEACH & MARINA, SHARJAH CITY, U.A.E. | 3DELUXE

The German architecture office is designing a vibrant, attractive urban beach with a marina as part of more comprehensive tourist infrastructure scheme in Sharjah City commissioned by Shurooq, Sharjah Investment & Development Authority. Restaurants, cafés, playgrounds, ample greenery, jogging- and bike tracks will provide city dwellers with an attractive area between beach and city that serves many different purposes. Three-organically shaped platforms each featuring eight buildings and pavilions blend harmoniously into the setting comprising a 3 km-long beach and promenade. Embedded between clusters 2 and 3 are a marina with a clubhouse, several service buildings, and a small park. The marina is open to the public and in combination with the park enhances the location’s excellent amenity value. Construction began in December 2020 and the opening is planned for November 2021.

HUANGGANG PORT AREA, SHENZHEN | ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS, EAST CHINA ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, SHENZHEN MUNICIPAL DESIGN & RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Located in the Futian District, Huanggang Port currently serves 300,000 people crossing the border with Hong Kong each day. Situated at this key interchange, the new Port Area masterplan at Shenzhen Park in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone incorporates direct connections with Shenzhen’s metro network. The future Huanggang Port Area will create a hub of scientific research and collaboration in industries such as microelectronics, material development, artificial intelligence, robotics, and medical sciences. Centred around two large public plazas, the Huanggang Port Area masterplan defines three interconnected districts: the port hub, collaborative innovation area, and port living zone. With its base grid established by Shenzhen’s existing street layout to the west, the masterplan’s central spine is a wide pedestrian boulevard that connects its two primary public gathering spaces: the civic plaza at Fulin metro station in the north east and the large public square in the centre of the administrative hub at the Huanggang interchange in the south west.

Renders © Atchain

KAIROS | OCEANCO | PININFARINA, LATERAL NAVAL ARCHITECTS

Kairos, meaning time in Greek, seen here as the time of the future, is the new superyacht based on the first collaboration between Pininfarina, the builder of custom yachts Oceanco, and the technical design and engineering of Lateral Naval Architects. A boat that paves the way for an ecological future in yachting, developed around an E-Hybrid propulsion system that uses batteries as its main energy source, in tune with the initiative NXT of Oceanco on sustainability and innovation in the nautical sector. “When yachtsmen see that the design of a yacht has received the approval of the NXT initiative of Oceanco, they know they can count on the highest standards of life on board, in tune with the sustainability of new lifestyles,” says Paolo Pininfarina, president of the group. “Our passion as designers is to imagine new spatial concepts capable of bringing enchantment to every moment of the nautical experience.”