The new owners commissioned the Australian Sam Sorgiovanni, who was already involved in the interior design of "Jubilee", with the exterior modification. Under this name, the largest yacht ever built in the Netherlands at the time was launched at Oceanco in 2017. Sorgiovanni treated Igor Lobanov's design with respect and yet broke up a defining stylistic element.
The Russian succeeded in making the upper three decks of "Jubilee" appear both flatter and longer by adding a superstructure ring to each deck. The illusion was reinforced by window strips in the intermediate areas created, but above all by the consistent teak panelling right up to the tongue-shaped outer deck. The only disadvantage: the new aft areas had no practical use. The "Kaos" owners wanted to change this and now access the formerly "dead" area via two steps that run in the same organic shape as the deck.
This intervention robs the overall exterior of "Kaos" of some of its elongation, but a comparatively simple trick works against it. Instead of the all-round railing on the aft main deck, the Australian designer had the hull structure pulled upwards at pool level and only interrupted at the stern by a glass bulwark. In general, all the handrails were changed from wood to metal.
"The external changes may already seem significant, but most of the work was done on the interior," reports Lürssen's project manager Thomas Dapp. "In total, we renovated an area of 1,500 square metres." The British design studio Reymond Langton provided the specifications for the interior remodelling. With so many changes, it is to be hoped that "Kaos" will retain the spectacular aquarium in the beach club.
