Iron Yacht and Marine Vessels Design · 2020
Migma Hydrogen Powered Catamaran
by Ruma Design
- A' Design Award 2020 Iron Winner in Yacht and Marine Vessels Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- CLIENT: RUMA Design
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 32,631
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About Migma Hydrogen Powered Catamaran
Migma is a hydrogen-powered electric catamaran of 180 feet. The vessel runs without noise and without emissions. The name comes from the Greek word for mixture, and refers to the blend of technical rationality and natural fluidity. The exterior structure is inspired by animal shells and is made mainly of duralumin, with electrochromatic smart glass. A central stairway shaped like a spine links the lower deck, the salon and meeting level and the pilot house above. The interior is minimalist and offers panoramic views.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The Migma Project is a noiseless, zero emissions, Hydrogen powered, 180 feet electric Catamaran. Migma from the greek mixture, is an evocation to the life of the sea through structural bionic elements where the rationality of the technique is mixed with the fluidity of nature, as if it were a living entity.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Dimensions: (Overall Width) 26000mm x (Overall Depth) 56000mm x (Overall Height) 17200mm*
*(Waterline Height) 10500mm - Tags
- Bionic, Hydrogen, Organic, Structure, Elegant, Smart, Luxury, Sustainable, Technologic
- Production Technology
- Exterior: Structure mainly based on Duralumin, Polymeric non skid surfaces, Noble beech wood, Electrochromatic smart glass.
Interior: Krion Solid Surface, Marble, Technical floor, Alcantara fabric. - Design Challenge
- Migma Design Project is conceptualized to brake the rules of Yacht design, having a view to the past and current shapes we detected the need to lighten up its weight and thinking new ways of creating spaces. The main idea is to keep it alive, aimed by nature, protecting itself from the exterior and maintaining a warm essence inside.
- Project Duration
- Project developed at Ruma-Design SL in Madrid, Spain.
The Project started from November 2019 and finished in Febraury 2020. - Operation Flow
- Migma offers a minimalist feeling and luxury identity for high class society. The user experience has been conceptualized for business meetings where the central salon is the most relevant area in the core of the boat. Other use is for recreational purposes, offering two big luxury staterooms with ensuite heads and a broad front electrochromatic smart glass wall facing the ocean. Every space has been thought to have 360 degrees panoramic views, ending with a floating edge swiming pool.
- Research
- Migma is the perfect simbiosis between Nature and Technology. The exterior structure, inspired by animal shells, is connected with the interior spaces through the main stairway, shaped as a spine, which is located at the core and centre of gravity and extends from the bottom floor, where the galley, stateroom and heads are; across the mid floor, where the reception hall, salon and meeting room are placed; then finishing up above in the pilot house and sky lounge on the top floor.
- Inspiration
- Many creatures in nature, most famously crustaceans and clams, utilise hard shells and exoeskeletons in a myriad of ways to protect their bodies as they claim their place in the world. The Migma Catamaran project has been conceived to evoque a constant flow of growing lines and curves, rendering complex surfaces that embrace the rationality of flat surfaces. The boat itself acts as the link between both the rectilineal and fluid worlds.
- Patents
- Copyrights to RUMA-Design, 2020
Colors of Migma Hydrogen Powered Catamaran
Design Interview about Migma Hydrogen Powered Catamaran
The Migma Hydrogen-powered Catamaran acts as the link between the rectilineal and fluid worlds. Many creatures in nature, most famously crustaceans and clams, utilize hard shells and exoskeletons in a myriad of ways to protect their bodies as they claim their place in the world, which is a source of inspiration for the catamaran’s structure.
The project has been conceived to pursue a new disruptive way to create open spaces within a luxury vessel, in order to evoke a constant flow of growing lines and curves, rendering complex surfaces that embrace the rationality of flat surfaces.
Migma is a visionary project for visionary businessmen and women who want the experience of harnessing the waves from the command center of a spacious, luxury vessel.
From conceptualization to completion it took about 5 months.
It was an initiative at Ruma Design. Our team has many years of experience in the car design industry; we wanted to apply all our know-how in advanced design to the yacht industry
It is not under production yet but we are seeking investors interested in the project for those purposes.
It was a natural interaction between our passion for design and our passion for sailing.
Migma is a project developed entirely by the Ruma design Team.
Migma Catamaran could be described as a niche product for a rather exclusive clientele. There’s no denying that this level of luxury, technology, and eye-candy targets a very specific market among which you can find yacht enthusiasts and visionary entrepreneurs.
The category of super-catamaran is an up and coming field where there’s still plenty of room for innovation and trendsetting, and with this project we wanted to add a very strong visual element. From the brutalist scope of its size to the sinuosity, elegance and fluidity to its bionic shapes.
We chose Migma, from the ancient Greek word μίγμα, which means mixture, as it encapsulates our desire to compound the rationality of technique with the fluidity of nature.
We use several tools, from hand sketching to Hi-quality 3D modeling and rendering software, we are a multidisciplinary team
It is a bionic and zero emissions Super-Catamaran, that’s rather unique, don’t you think?
We are a multi-skilled team specialized in advanced design, 3D shapes and volumes, technical solutions, and hydro-dynamics.
It is crucial, as its engine is powered by hydrogen cells, and uses flexible solar panels attached to the external shell.
We didn’t use analytical data but we conducted very deep levels of research before we came up with this design.
We encountered two great challenges. Firstly we needed to translate the abstract and sculptural shapes our creative team conceptualised, to the functional, hydrodynamic shapes typical of a catamaran, without losing the essence of the initial concept. The second challenge was to avoid that a vessel of such dimensions would come across as a cyclopean, unwieldy mass; that it would retain the levity, refinement, and fluidity of the original vision.
We really believe in this project and for that reason we wanted to showcase this concept to the wider design community and beyond. A’ design presented a great opportunity to do that.
In our line of work, we learn something new every day, with every project. Each challenge gives us the strength and motivation we need to extract the best of us.
Any good Project is the result of a great multidisciplinary team working together with eagerness for the same purpose and with a shared vision.