Officially premiered at the latest Monaco Yacht Show, HBD Studios has revealed more information regarding their new 190 metre superyacht concept. Collaborating with Christoph Kuhnert of Yacht Naval Architects in Hamburg, the project known as L’Amage will accommodate up to 30 guests on board as well as 70 crew members.
One of the most unique aspects of the design is the incorporation of flat panel satellite technology by Kymeta, which entirely replaces the satellite domes on top of the vessel. The flat satellite panels can be easily installed anywhere behind the exterior walls of the superstructure of the yacht and, as a result, a much lighter and slimmer antenna mast can be designed, freeing up a significant amount of space in the sundeck area.
The SuperYacht Times team recently met up with owner and founder of the Milan based HBD Studios, Hamid Bekradi, at last week’s edition of METSTRADE, who explained a little more about the concept and design process.
"This project was a challenge to see how far we can take the exterior styling of a superyacht towards a modern and futuristic look, which is still feasible based on today's available technologies,” starts Bekradi. “My background is in car design, so in this project I applied a similar approach to that of the "show cars" whereby lowering the concerns over the budget, designers will be given more freedom to envision ideas and solutions that normally could not be obtained in a project with tight budget limits."
“Once these new and visionary ideas and solutions are created then there will be the possibility to modify and re-engineer some of them in order to make them applicable to a more ‘ordinary’ project with limited budget. In other words, adapting them to today's technology and manufacturing techniques. That's how new input can be inserted in the industry.”
"We know that there might be just a few individuals in the world who can possibly commission the build of a superyacht the size of L'Amage,” Bekradi concludes, “but the design features and solutions that were created for this project, could easily be scaled down and applied on smaller yachts, let's say a 90 metre superyacht or a 75 metre explorer version, for which we already have an interested client.”
Performance wise, L’Amage will boast a top speed of 32 knots thanks to the 95,000 hp generated by her two diesel engines running together with two gas turbines, as well as a range of approximately 6,000 nm.
