first place
Tritonus
Ksenia Gutkovskaya
Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry – Russia
Muscle-powered trimaran. Functional features of individual water transport for recreational recreation:robust construction,high buoyancy and safety,seat, mainly pedal drive(“freedrive” system), hybrid converter. It provides for the possibility of placing solar panels, compartments for luggage and equipment. The transparency of the structure is suitable for the study of underwater fauna -this feature allows you to collect complete data on its behavior in the natural enviroment without diving.
The principle of operation is like a water bike, it resembles a transparent boat or kayak. Is a trimaran. This concept was developed as an idea for active recreation of a person without the need to immerse a person in water – he has the opportunity to observe underwater fauna, conduct research and simply enjoy the beauty of the underwater world. Additional solar panels can be placed on the floats. The generator converts muscular traction and stores energy from solar panels in the battery to transfer it to the screw. I hope that this concept will find a response in the hearts of people, because transport is aimed at affordable recreation, as well as full environmental friendliness.
second place
Atollo
Ludovico Celli
Politecnico di Milano – Italy / Italia
How many times have we been to the seaside enjoying a beautiful coast, entering in the water and saw a weird foam ruining it? How many times the peace of a swim has been ruined by the sound of roaring engines nearby and the fear of being hit? In this project I decided to think about an alternative way to enjoy the sea, still cruising, being able to relax looking at the coast from the water and moving from a cove to another. Atollo is a new way to live the water, sustainable, healthy and fun.
Atollo is a new way to live the water. It’s a cruising kayak, equipped with features that allows small and medium groups of people to enjoy the sea, a lake, the ocean, respecting them, being sustainable and not polluting as a gas boat. Atollo comes with an electric engine incorporeted in the design that can be used or not, according to the users' needs at the moment. The engine gives a great help for longer navigations, coming in when the user is tired or needs an extra boost.
The other main feature of the product is the possibility to connect two, and potentialli infinite kayaks together, creating a little floating system, from here the name Atollo. The connection between the two kayaks is achieved thanks to the paddle and the two blue and orange part at the extremities of the kayak. Taking off the extremity of the paddle (the convex part that goes in the water) and extending the pole, this becomes long enough to reach 2 meters: at this point, after passing the net across the pole as shown in slides n°3, the pole is secured in the blue and orange box, as shown in slides n°2, after this, throwing a simple foldable anchor that can be found in every online market, the users are ready to enjoy the water, being suspended between the two kayaks.
third place
Semi-autonomous pedestrian-bycycle ferry
Natalia Wojewnik
Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk – Poland / Polonia
I propose a semi-autonomous ferry as a solution for the local community who is not yet ready for a transportation without a physical driver. Ferry can be easily transformed into full autonomous one. The form rejects the traditional division of ship architecture (no traditional pilothouse) and is followed by double rudder cox’s station which is designed and dedicated for semi-autonomous navigation. Due to symmetry, getting on and off is very smooth and there is no need for the turning maneuver.
This project is a response to the protests of non-motorized residents of Gdańsk who, after the closure of the ferry crossing “Wisłoujście” in 2016, have no comfortable way to get from the New Port to the “Wisłoujście” Fortress on the other side of the river. A car-only tunnel was built under the Martwa Wisła river, so with the closure of the water crossing, the distance for pedestrians and cyclists increased from 245m to almost 17km.
I propose a semi-autonomous unit as a solution because the local community is not yet ready for a transportation without a physical driver. In the near future, the design could be easily converted to fully autonomous and the cox’s space will be available to passengers as a view point.
From preliminary design assumptions I can maintain a special feature – rejection of classical naval architecture. From main technological specification, the autonomy has left its mark the most in shaping the ferry. It forced to design an alternative for traditional steering runner, which led to further consequences in design decisions. The ferry is double-ended, as is the cox’s station, which goes to the appropriate side, depending on which way the course is going. This relationship creates the “inverted symmetry” on which I based the geometry of the entire unit. The rakes and the resulting trapezoidal shapes are clear throughout the whole project. Thanks to the use of symmetry and double rudder, getting on and off is very smooth, and the helmsman does not have to spend time performing a turning maneuver.
The lines building the body come out of the cox’s station (which is best represented by the top view), dividing the ferry into successive spaces and starting the interior-exterior game. Entering the ferry, we are supposedly already on board, but still outside the railing, then we still need a few more steps to become truly “inside”, under the roof. This spaces intermingle each other, which is highlighted by contrasting finishes, creating a peculiar impression of an open solid.
