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Sören Gehlhaus

 · 14.12.2021

Renzo Piano is back
Renzo Piano is back | ck
The star architect relies on quiet hybrid propulsion and a raft look for the wooden 24-metre motor format "Zattera".
"Zattera": With its masts, the 24 metres are reminiscent of a sailing yacht, but there is no cloth. Propulsion is provided by a hybrid drive. | b."Zattera": With its masts, the 24 metres are reminiscent of a sailing yacht, but there is no cloth. Propulsion is provided by a hybrid drive. | b.

For "Zattera", Renzo Piano once again worked with Nauta Design. Piano already realised his last sailing yacht with the Milan studio. He developed his first motorised format with and for Olav Selvaag, scion of a Norwegian building dynasty.

Designer Francesco Rogantin sent the plans for a raft-like, 7.20 metre wide wooden yacht to the Castagnola shipyard in Lavagna, which accelerates up to twelve knots with a hybrid drive from Siemens Energy. The propulsion package consists of two variable-speed diesel generators, each with an output of 180 kilowatts, two 135-kilowatt electric motors and a battery bank with a capacity of 95 kilowatt hours.

In addition to efficiency, the owner was particularly interested in quiet travelling. The interior cork panelling was designed by the Munich-based firm Müller-BBM, which normally treats concert halls acoustically. And it is no coincidence that the masts are reminiscent of sailing; the Selvaags own Renzo Piano's ex-yacht "Kirribilli I".

Frame art: Renzo Piano visiting the shipyard in Lavagna, Italy. | a.Frame art: Renzo Piano visiting the shipyard in Lavagna, Italy. | a.
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Sören Gehlhaus wurde 1981 in Berlin geboren und besegelte auf Jollen die Unterhavel, in den Ferien den Ratzeburger See und die Ostsee auf „Dickschiffen“. Zeitgleich mit dem Beginn des Studiums in Lübeck trat 2001 das Kitesurfen auf den Plan, und die intensive Ausübung des neuen Sports sorgte für den beruflichen Schwenk zum Journalismus. Nach Volontariat beim b&d Verlag in Hamburg folgten viele Jahre der redaktionellen Arbeit für ein Kitesurf-Magazin und 2018 der Wechsel zu BOOTE EXCLUSIV.

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