American designer Jozeph Forakis, founder of the award-winning studio of the same name based in New York and Milan, presented last week an ambitious project: the superyacht Pegasus, which at 88 meters long, should be the first 3D printed in the world.
Sill on paper, the idea was inspired by a beach on the island of Koufonissi in Greece, according to the creator himself, who would like the yacht to be as close to the sea and nature as possible.
“Made of clouds floating on the surface of the water, becoming virtually invisible,” he describes on his website.
The proposal is that the Pegasus will disappear in two ways – the first being that it will leave zero carbon footprint on the atmosphere, with no environmental impact, since it is supposed to be hybrid, that is, powered by hydrogen and solar energy.
The second way of its invisibility should be aesthetic.
With the help of robots, a base mesh will be 3D printed to integrate the hull and superstructure of the yacht, which will be light and firm, with a metallic finish.
This foundation will support layered glass “wings” where the solar energy plates will be installed.
Thus, the yacht will become a kind of chameleon, able to reflect the colors and movements of the water and skies and disappear into its surroundings.
The studio expects that printing will also use less energy, waste less material, time, and space, and therefore produce less waste than traditional boat building.
Inside the Pegasus will be a “Tree of Life,” a multi-story hydroponic garden that should purify the air and produce fresh food.
The tree’s base will be in the pool on the lower deck, surrounded by the zen meditation garden.
It will “ascend” through four stories following a spiral staircase.
The yacht’s upper deck will have private access to the owner, who will find the master suite facing a private terrace.
In the outer portion of the stern, after the glass panels of the solarium, there will also be an open “beach club” with an Olympic-sized pool with translucent walls, like an aquarium.
Two processes will be involved in the navigation of the vessel: firstly, its plates will use solar energy to transform seawater into hydrogen that will be stored for long periods.
In the second stage, fuel cells convert hydrogen into electricity, charging lithium-ion batteries for shorter periods.
There is still no prediction of when Pegasus will be able to reach the seas.
With information from UOL