"FOSCAT 32", folding solar catamaran of the Designnobis team, won "Green Dot 2011" transportation award. "Consisting of folding solar panels and using clean energy, the catamaran can be folded and pulled to the shore, thus there is no need to anchor the catamaran to a marina," Hakan Gursu, the head of the Designnobis team, told AA correspondent.
The design objective of the FOSCAT was to create a new and alternative sailing vessel that would achieve a lightweight system, high sail performance, and all-weather navigation capacity with near zero emissions.
Additionally, a requirement was to use technologically innovative materials and new construction techniques to minimize weight and hydrodynamic resistance whilst maximizing performance and durability. These technical requirements were to be incorporated into a new form that allowed freedom of all dynamic parts whilst providing visual appeal and overall quality into a non-stop circumnavigating.
Following an exhaustive research and design activities, the NEW double-layer fiber resin solar CATAMARAN completed in 2009. The FOSCAT (folding solar catamaran) is designed (32 high) at very highest calibre which provides high exhilaration performance and unashamedly fast sailing solutions.
The FOSCAT is a new alternative concept cat sail-vessel that consumes no fuel with high energy efficiency. Instead, she uses alternative energies and one of a new alternative symbol of raising awareness about sustainable use of resources on the sea. She is a new generation cat-boat which encourages increased environmental responsibility that is due to the fact of its secure, stable, eco-friendly and outstanding design capabilities.
Hakan Gursu was born on 1959 in Istanbul. He graduated from Middle East Technical University as first rank student in 1987. He took his master's degree from Department of Architecture in 1988. Gursu, continued his project studies at Japan in 1991 and completed his Ph.D studies in 1996. He worked as consultant on interior architecture and city planning in Moscow and Tokyo. He contributed in the design of registered product design in the context of university and industry collaboration. Still he is going on his duties as an instructor in the Department of Industrial Design in METU and Designnobis.
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