Bir Dooni · 2026
Symbio Explorer Markab Cilmi-baaris
by Guo Qian
- Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award 2026 in Dooni
- CLIENT: Southern Marine Science And Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai)
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 7,252
- Verification code 1B68E77474 · Verify this award
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About Symbio Explorer Markab Cilmi-baaris
SymBio Explorer waa markab cilmi-baaris oo iskiis u shaqeeya, loo naqshadeeyay safaro cilmiyeed oo cirifyada dhulka (polar) ah. Markabku wuxuu u shaqeeyaa sidii markab hooyo oo u adeega nidaamyada diyaaradaha aan duuliyaha lahayn (drones) ee cirka, dusha biyaha iyo biyaha hoostooda, waxaana laga hagi karaa meel fog. Qaansooyin dabiici ah oo isdaba-joog ah ayaa ka bilaabma horta ilaa dabada markabka, taasoo siisa jidhka markabka qaab noolaha u eg oo aan lahayn geeso adag. Qalabka shaqada sida wiishashka qaabka A-ga leh ayaa si muuqaal ahaan ah loogu dhex daray jidhka markabka si muuqaalka guud u ahaado mid mideysan. Sagxadda dhinaca bidix (port) waxay taageertaa duulinta diyaaradaha aan duuliyaha lahayn, halka dhinaca midig (starboard) loo isticmaalo soo celintooda. Markabku wuxuu dherer ahaan yahay 88.5 mitir, ballac ahaanna 14 mitir, wuxuuna adeegsadaa hawl-gelin gebi ahaanba koronto ku shaqeysa.
About the Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award
Symbio Explorer Markab Cilmi-baaris waa guuleystaha Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award, aqoonsi sharaf leh oo la siiyo naqshado wanaagsan oo buuxiya shuruudaha xirfadeed iyo kuwa warshadeed ee laga filayo hal-abuurro si wanaagsan loo naqshadeeyay. Guuleystayaasha Birta waxay muujiyaan xirfad weyn, takhasus sare, fahan khabiir iyo awood hal-abuur oo abuurayaashooda. Symbio Explorer Markab Cilmi-baaris waa hal-abuur la filayo inuu noqdo mid aad loo tixgeliyo, la ixtiraamo oo la jecel yahay, wax ku ool ah oo cusub. Naqshadahan ku guuleystay Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award wuxuu isku daraa hab-dhaqannada ugu wanaagsan warshadda wuxuuna leeyahay sifooyin farsamo oo karti leh oo ku xiran aqoon iyo hibo. Dhammaystirkeeda awgeed, Symbio Explorer Markab Cilmi-baaris waa mudan ixtiraam, waxaana loo naqshadeeyay inay keento hagaajin nololeed oo ka caawisa in adduunka laga dhigo meel ka wanaagsan.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Conventional research vessels follow engineering logic with industrial forms. This design challenges the fixed opinion by conceiving mothership as an entirely new species, a futuristic artificial-marine organism", a mysterious intelligent entity. It is neither a cold exploration instruments nor a larger whale, but a new aesthetics object, which emphasize a new ethics of species interaction, ecological balance and sustainable coexistence. It can achieve polar scientific expedition. The Design enhance visual ruggedness and embody the spirit of exploration.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Designed Displacement 2100 tons; Length 88.5 meters; Width 14.0 meters; Depth 6.1 meters; Maximum speed 18 knots; Economic speed 13 knots; Fully Electric Propulsion ；Autonomous Navigation and Remote Control;
- Tags
- i-ship , Symbiosis, Biology, artificial-marine organism, Intelligence
- Production Technology
- The design employs continuous organic curves throughout form and detail. From bow to stern, from bridge to drone deck, the fluidity of these curves achieves formal closure while integrating functional requirements into a unified biomorphic envelope. This approach eliminates fragmented lines and rigid orthogonal geometries typical of modernist industrial design. Through the comprehensive application of form, material, and color, operational equipment such as A-frame hoists are visually absorbed into the hull, reducing their perceptual prominence and reinforcing the continuity of the overall silhouette.
- Design Challenge
- The overall spatial layout is the key to ship design. Engineers are mainly responsible for organizing functional relationships and improving the efficiency of equipment and pipeline layout and placement. Designers consider the skeletal proportions and overall appearance of the appearance, as well as the humanized content such as the behavior and experience, perception and comfort of scientists and crew members. The challenge of the project lies in the communication, collaboration, debate, and compromise between designers and engineers.
- Research
- The form research by two steps, named "reverse engineering". Firstly, polyurethane foam and oil sludge are used as materials, and the model is manually made at a scale of 1:100. Then, the solid model is taken as the object, and key point sets are collected by laser, and then imported into the 3D software (Rhino 7.0 version) for parametric design modification.
- Inspiration
- SymBio Explorer imagines the research vessel as a new species, proposes an "artificial-marine organism" between machine and living creature. The biomorphic silhouette externalizes its identity as an intelligent unmanned system mothership. Merging "Symbiosis" and "Biology," it embodies a new ecological ethics: the ocean is not a resource to exploit, but an entity coexisting with humanity.
- Project Duration
- The project started in June 2024 in Guangzhou and finished in May 2025 in Beijing.
- Operation Flow
- The SymBio Explorer is an autonomous, remotely-operable research vessel serving as a coordinated mothership for aerial, surface, and underwater drone systems. Certified with i-ship (No, R1, M, I) intelligent notation, it achieves autonomous navigation in open waters, assisted berthing, remote monitoring, equipment diagnostics, and predictive analysis. The port deck serves as UAV launch platform while starboard accommodates recovery; stern-mounted systems deploy surface craft and submersibles.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Modeling and Rendering, Mothership, Zhou Rui, Li Tianyu;
Image #2: Modeling and Rendering, silhouette, Zhou Rui, Li Tianyu;
Image #3: Modeling and Rendering, iceberg, Zhou Rui, Li Tianyu;
Image #4: Modeling and Rendering, 45 degree, Zhou Rui, Li Tianyu;
Image #5: Modeling and Rendering, close up, Zhou Rui, Li Tianyu;
