Big and beautiful AZUR Luxury Yacht concept has party-central written all over it

More all-out party barge than luxury yacht, the AZUR is a premium sea-tourer concept that looks to bring a wholesome relaxing environment to the best water-based party locations in the world. Developed by Lucerne, Switzerland-based designer Lukas Waegli, the AZUR came into being as a bachelor thesis in industrial design and the conceptual yacht-design looks to explore the feasibly of creating a water-borne craft that could adequately pack in all the features of a resort or a holiday villa. The luxury yacht may not look anything like a traditional yacht does, but that is exactly what the basis of this experimental design’s appeal is.

AZUR Luxury Yacht

The unusual design of the yacht has been envisioned with a wide-and-flat body that is envisioned with the Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull principle, i.e., the SWATH-principle that was first invented by Canadian innovator Frederick G. Creed who pioneered its usage which was later developed and applied to submarine rescue ships and oceanographic research vessels. Using the SWATH principle allows a water craft to minimize the hull cross section area at the sea's surface, therefore, allowing the twin-hull ship design to plane on the water more effortlessly than a regular streamlined-bottom watercraft.

The AZUR looks to analyze and verify work the technical feasibility of the concept which lets the course of this design further refine the basics behind the design. The vessel was created to remain stable on the water even in high seas and at high speeds by concentrating the bulk of the craft’s mass with the wave energy located near the surface area of the sea minimizing the ship's volume on the whole.

Riding atop twin submarines, the AZUR places the bulk of a ship's displacement below the water which is not affected by wave action at all thanks to the deeply submerged submarines. Though the yacht does come with higher maintenance requirements, it has a deeper draft with a complex control system that allows the SWATH watercraft to offer broad decks as well as a large and stable platform that can be utilized as a private party-staging area, or a luxuriant and spacious personal space for the whole family to enjoy together.

Stylistically, the yacht comes with the necessary dynamic look twisted slightly from the front to the back by the two main side elements. A free view of the impressive waterscape is also afforded by the inhabitants aboard the cruiser via a wide sun deck that can also house sun chairs, loungers, and even a pool table should the owners fancy a Vegas-theme party on board.

Source: Waegli Design