DESIGN NAME: Modern Classic Gran Torino
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Yacht
INSPIRATION: This design is inspired by the traditional sports car series in the 1970. Rugged but also elegant lines of the hull and the large area of wood veneer on the both ship sides show a classic and retro image. This is not only to pursuit the yacht speed, also is a highlights of the owners unique taste.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: TBDC would like to popularize the pleasure yacht activity through merging the famous shipbuilding technology in Taiwan and our professional industry, product and interior design abilities. Our team selected an on-sale and well-state of sailing yacht hull structure, and mainly remodeled its overall style as the first concern. Thus this design could be mass produced efficiently without any worry of sailing operation, which is a great achievement to the global shipbuilding industry.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Spacious sun deck, open windows and large areas of the salon allow people to fully enjoy the space sunlight; the kitchen set which is located at the poop provides a smooth and comfortable circulation just like at home. There are two bedrooms and a standard set of bathroom in the interior space. By traditional wooden craft method, the interior design could fulfill various custom needs.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in July, 2013 and collaborated with an international well-known shipbuilding company which is famous by its traditional craft method.
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: The interior space is built through wooden hand-made craft which is like antique car manufacturing methods. Also the strength of the hull is enhanced as using FRP composite manufacturing process. Taking the advantage of 50 years more history of Taiwan shipbuilding industry, this design would be completed by the integrated up and down stream chain system and resulted in an incredibly cost down.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Length overall 46 ft / Hull beam 4.3 m / Max speed 33 nds
TAGS: Boat, Yacht, Gran Torino, Innovation, Modern Classic.
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The design language which took from the 1970s vintage sport car integrated with the shipbuilding expertise in Taiwan. Therefore Modern Classic Gran Torino could retains the beauty appearance and be mass-produced efficiently at the same time.
CHALLENGE: It was a big challenge to create ideal shape and spacious interior design without too many changes of the hull since this may damage its original balance.
ADDED DATE: 2014-06-23 01:20:00
TEAM MEMBERS (1) : Design Director: Janus Huang; Co-designer: Nissan Kao, Henry Chou, and TBDC Design Department.
IMAGE CREDITS: Image #1(Main image): Photographer Taipei Base Design Center, Variations, 2014.
Image #2(Optional 1): Photographer Taipei Base Design Center, Variations, 2014.
Image #3(Optional 2): Photographer Taipei Base Design Center, Variations, 2014.
Image #4(Optional 3): Photographer Taipei Base Design Center, Variations, 2014.
Image #5(Optional 4): Photographer Taipei Base Design Center, Variations, 2014.
Image #6(Optional 5): Photographer Taipei Base Design Center, Variations, 2014.
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