Today’s superyachts boast an ever-growing list of amenities. Over the past year, designs have included swimming pools with waterfalls , shape-shifting exteriors that add more space, and features that allow passengers to be unrecognizable from nearby yachts. Now, that list of onboard offerings also includes a personal garden. Designed by Russian architect and designer Max Zhivov, the new Sky Ya concept superyacht could become one of the most eco-friendly crafts ever created. What makes it so innovative is its ability to harness such technologies as solar energy to help propel the craft. Sky Ya is built with a series of solar panels around the craft, most prominently on the roof, providing energy without sacrificing aesthetics.
The aforementioned garden will have much less of an environmental impact than the solar panels, yet the visual implications are more significant. Owners will be able to grow flowers or grass in their personal garden, even when the vessel is hundreds of miles out to sea.
A view from the rear shows the vessel’s garden.
The superyacht, which has space near the front of the craft for a helicopter to dock, will measure roughly 155-by-31-feet at its widest point. At maximum speed, Sky Ya will move at an estimated rate of 18 knots, while accommodating a crew and ten passengers.
