Hera Ọkọ Oju-Omi Alarina by Nicola Mondini

Hera Ọkọ Oju-Omi Alarina by Nicola Mondini is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ọkọ̀ Ojú Omi Ńlá Competition Category.

IdẹỌkọ̀ Ojú Omi· 2020

Hera Ọkọ Oju-Omi Alarina

by Nicola Mondini

Client: Nicola Mondini

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Ọkọ̀ Ojú Omi Category

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The Design

About Hera Ọkọ Oju-Omi Alarina

Hera jẹ́ ọkọ̀ ojú omi arìnrìn-àjò tí a ṣe àwòṣe rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ìmísí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ọkọ̀ ìdíje ojú omi J-Class tí a kọ́ ní àwọn ọdún 1930. Àpẹrẹ náà jẹ́ ìsọdipúpọ̀ ohun méjì tí ó ń bára wọn pàdé. Ìdí ọkọ̀ náà (deck) ń rin lórí ara ọkọ̀ láti ibi orí ọkọ̀ (bow) lọ sí ibi tí a ti ń darí ọkọ̀, níbi tí ìdí ọkọ̀ náà ti yí ara ọkọ̀ ká tí ó sì di apá kan tí ó dá àwọn atukọ̀-darí (rudders) sílẹ̀. Ara ọkọ̀ náà ní àwọn ojú tí a ṣe àkóso rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ìmísí láti inú àwòṣe ọkọ̀ ayọ́kẹ́lẹ́, pẹ̀lú àwọn ìlà títayọ tí ó ń rin ní ìhà méjèèjì. Ibi tí àwọn apá méjì náà ti ń bára wọn pàdé ni ó ń dá àwọn ojú fún ìtànṣán oòrùn sílẹ̀, ó sì tún ń dì mú àwọn ohun ìtìlẹ́yìn fún àwọn kẹ̀kẹ́ atukọ̀ (steering wheels). Hera ní gígùn tí ó ju mítà 48 lọ, a sì kọ́ ọ pẹ̀lú carbon composite tí ó fẹ́rẹ̀.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award

Hera Ọkọ Oju-Omi Alarina jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Hera Ọkọ Oju-Omi Alarina yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. Hera Ọkọ Oju-Omi Alarina ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The innovative deck is the biggest visual innovation: its volume celebrates wind and speed as it flows over the hull, from the bow to the steer. The narrow tip merges seamlessy into the bow of the yacht and it grows wider towards the steer, where it wraps around the hull creating its unique integrated rudders.
The hull design has very contolled surfacing inspired by automotive design, where meticulously controlled highlights run along its sides.
The intersection of these two volumes seamlessly creates the opening for the day-light and they integrate the support for the steering wheels.
Dimensions & Packaging: Length overall: 48 m
Maximum beam: 8,5 m
Draught: 7 m
Sail area: 920 m2
Tags: Yacht, Sailing, Design, Boat, Race, mast, technology, America's cup,
Production Technology: Using new generation of hull design and lightweight, carbon composite construction, Hera is expected to surf exceeding 25 knots of speed downwind,
The latest carbon construction technology provides for a reduced displacement and an increased rigidity.
Research: This project was inspired by the J-class yachts designed in the 1920s and 30s to compete for the America’s cup. Although this concept does not follow the Nathanael Herreshoff’s Universal Rule of those single masted ships, Hera still wants to represent the same feeling and emotional expression of those vessels. The most advanced technologies, materials and production methods have been taken into consideration for this yacht, to best integrate future and tradition. The general design language is inspired by the automotive world, caractherized by tense and fast lines stretching across the whole length of the hull, to define the speed of the geometry in a minimal and yet sophisticated way.
Hera is a concept sailboat where the top racing performance are married to spacious living space on deck and inside, aiming to offer the racing experience at the highest level of competition and the cruising enjoyment in the maximum comfort.
Inspiration: Hera is a concept sailing yacht inspired by J-Class vessels, the single-masted racing sailboats built in the 1930s to compete in the America’s Cup. This concept is a futuristic interpretation that celebrates these peak racers through innovative materials and innovative shapes.
Project Duration: The project is a personal visual concept privately realized between February and May 2019 in Shanghai and Munich by Nicola Mondini.
Operation Flow: The advanced sail handling system delivers easy control for reduced racing crew.