What exterior design decides
A superyacht is seen from far away and lived in from very close. Her exterior sets both: the balance of the profile at a distance, and the size and reach of every deck, window and opening once on board. Exterior design decides how much of the sea reaches each room, where guests gather, how crew move unseen, and how the yacht looks at anchor and under way.
How we draw an exterior
Every exterior from the studio is developed on a real naval architecture platform from the first sketch. Hull form, weight distribution, stability and the rules of class and flag are part of the drawing, not a correction applied later. The naval architecture and engineering themselves are always commissioned from independent naval architects and engineers, by choice: they build other yachts at other yards at the same time, so they know what is new before we do and bring it to our projects. The general arrangement develops together with the profile, so stairs, service routes and the tender garage find their places as the shape takes form.
Before a design is presented as final it is checked against the build by Astra Nord. An owner who approves a T. Fotiadis exterior approves a yacht that can be built.
Exterior design in a refit
Exterior changes to a yacht in service are drawn within the limits set by her structure, stability and class: new deck spaces, a beach club, a reshaped superstructure, new glazing. We find those limits early and design inside them, so the yard period is planned, not discovered.
Our exteriors
Neon, 78 metres, is planned for construction at Astra Nord. August, 87 metres, and Spear, a 140-metre trimaran, carry their engineering groundwork and are ready for an owner's brief. Each has a general arrangement and a technical specification, shared in private.