Superyacht International — January 2018

design

by Danny Lo

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Premiered at the 2017 Monaco Yacht Show,Se77antasette attract-
ed many visitors for its original design which breaks away from
traditional stylistic concepts we are accustomed to. Flowing decks’
lines which merge together with no sense of continuity visually cre-
ate a monolithic yacht, a single body that seems carved into the
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palacefrom thefuture. After all Fernando Romerofounder ofFR-
EE withplentyofprevious experience in architecture and ofproven
abilitywithproject designs which became theforerunners also in
terms ofenvironmental sustainability.Mexico’s mostphotographed
construction on Instagram theSoumaya Museum as well as Mexico
City’s new airport one of the world’s largest and sustainablepro-
jjects are both off his drawingboard. Furthermore Romero led his
team to win theHyperloopOne Global Challengefor theproject
design workperformed in Mexico of a futuristic, safe, reliable and in

Considered as being one of the world’s top

50 most influential designers, winner of the

World Changing Ideas awards in 2017 and

nominated as one of tomorrow’s Global lead-

ers at the world Economic Forum, superstar

Fernando Romero has transferred flair and

talent into yachting by signing the incredible

concept Benetti Se77antasette.