{"id":210583,"date":"2023-05-15T16:20:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T20:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_project&p=210583"},"modified":"2023-12-13T13:35:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T18:35:58","slug":"jouin-mankus-kensho-super-yacht","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/jouin-mankus-kensho-super-yacht\/","title":{"rendered":"Jouin Manku’s Debut Super Yacht Sets Sail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hydrographic maps inspired the patterns on the salon\u2019s ceiling fabric and rug, both custom, as are the tables and seating.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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May 15, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Ian Phillips<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Eric Laignel<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jouin Manku’s Debut Super Yacht Sets Sail<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

2023 Best of Year Winner<\/a>\u00a0for Yacht<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designer Patrick Jouin and architect Sanjit Manku both have sharp early memories linked to boats. For Interior Design<\/em> Hall of Fame member Jouin<\/a>, one of his grandfathers was a welder at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard in western France and worked on the construction of the legendary luxury liner, Le Normandie, in the 1930\u2019s. As for Manku, in his early 20\u2019s, he built a skiff so large that he had trouble storing it. \u201cMy dad had to cut it in half to get it from the backyard to the front,\u201d he remembers. \u201cIt didn\u2019t end well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since founding their Paris-based firm, Jouin Manku<\/a>, in 2006, the co-CEOs and copartners have completed numerous restaurants for Michelin-starred chef Alain Ducasse, six boutiques for Van Cleef & Arpels, a spectacular residence in Kuala Lumpur, and a multitude of hotels. Yet, they had never been asked to work on the interior of a private yacht before. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t understand why,\u201d Jouin states. \u201cWe were so sure we were made to design one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jouin Manku Designs the Interior of a Private Yacht<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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On the main deck of Kensh\u014d, a 10,000-square-foot private vessel with architecture by Azure Yacht Design and Archineers.Berlin and interiors by Jouin Manku, a Torsa table by St\u00e9phane de Winter and a custom sofa stand on teak planks. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When the call finally came, it was well worth the wait. Built in the Admiral shipyard in Italy\u2019s Marina di Carrara with sleek mint-green exteriors conceived in tandem by Azure Yacht Design and German architecture firm Archineers. Berlin, Kensh\u014d, as the yacht is named, measures 246 feet in length and can accommodate up to 12 guests and a crew of 23. Its owner\u2014a self-made European businessman\u2014sounds both visionary and quite particular. Prior to commissioning the vessel, he\u2019d checked out numerous other boats armed with a laser measure and noted down the exact dimensions of rooms he liked. He was also looking to create something different. \u201cHe\u2019s always wondering whether things could be done better,\u201d Manku notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The client insisted on having ceilings just under 9 feet and shunned the need for walkways on both sides of each deck. \u201cHe said, \u2018People like symmetry, but having two walkways eats up valuable space,\u2019\u201d Manku continues. Most importantly, he questioned the common assumption that the navigation bridge has to be located at the front of the uppermost deck. Why should the crew, rather than guests, get the best view? Instead, a 915-square-foot sitting room was placed up there, with the wheelhouse tucked on the floor below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kensh\u014d Yacht Interiors Are Designed for a Peaceful Journey<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The yacht\u2019s four decks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jouin Manku had distinct ideas of the atmosphere the team was looking to conjure. \u201cMega yachts are glamorous and powerful. At the same time, what intrigued us was, Could they still be intimate?\u201d Manku asks. \u201cCould they be something peaceful?\u201d\u2014 indeed a challenge with a project that has four levels (plus one for staff) and six bedrooms. He and Jouin were helped by their client\u2019s request to integrate Asian influences (Kensh\u014d is the Japanese term for enlightenment). They adopted a soft color palette<\/a> and favored the use of wood (specifically teak), silk, and leather. The latter lines the walls of corridors, where it has been sculpted by British artist Helen Amy Murray. The designers also opted for a more Asian approach to the lighting, installing backlit walls and ceilings. \u201cThe idea is that the light kind of hugs and surrounds you,\u201d Jouin says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Far East Motifs Include Silk Printed Patterns<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Most striking are the motifs drawn from the Far East: the guest cabin bedheads upholstered in a silk printed with a gingko pattern, the custom Chinoiserie-style wallpaper in the main dressing room featuring monkeys and flying cranes, and the doors into the main bedroom, which are decorated with an abstract landscape evocative of clouds and mountains. Created from patinated brass by French metalworker Steaven Richard, it recalls the work of mythical Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai. Elsewhere, inspirations are nautical. The patterns of the rugs and ceilingscapes are drawn from hydrographic maps, and jellyfish and sailboats are among the subjects painted by Axel Samson onto the wood paneling the four powder rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modularity was also worked into Jouin Manku\u2019s scheme. Asymmetric nightstands were devised to look equally at place on either side of a double bed or grouped together between two twin berths. Several pieces of furniture were fixed onto rails, which allow their component elements to be either joined or separated. A prime example is the expansive two-piece table in the dining room, which presented the team with a particular challenge. For much of the time, it could potentially be something of a dead space. \u201cYou only eat there on a bad day,\u201d Manku says. \u201cOtherwise, you\u2019re out on a deck.\u201d To enliven it, he and Jouin installed floor-to-ceiling glass cabinets filled with a collection of the owners\u2019 nautical-themed curios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Marble Tub Makes for Ultimate Luxury<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Finding the right marble for the tub in the main bathroom proved one of the most complicated tasks. Jouin and Manku<\/a> traveled to stone yards around the world before realizing the solution was practically under their noses. The Admiral shipyard is located close to the famous Carrara quarries, where they came across two slabs with \u201ccalligraphy-like\u201d veins and had them sculpted into an exquisitely rounded tub. \u201cWe created its curves not just for the eye, but, first and foremost, for the hand,\u201d Jouin says. \u201cThe touch of the marble really is something else.\u201d Call the experience enlightening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inside the Kensh\u014d Yacht<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The yacht is 246 feet. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Silk carpet covering the main staircase. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The salon\u2019s custom lamp by Jouin Manku.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hydrographic maps inspired the patterns on the salon\u2019s ceiling fabric and rug, both custom, as are the tables and seating.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A Sumo chair and a custom alabaster lamp sit be\u00adtween the main suite\u2019s bedroom, bathroom, and sitting room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Atelier Steaven Richard finished the brass doors to the main bedroom with acids and chemicals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The doors to the suite sitting room have a similar treatment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Leather paneling sculpted by Helen Amy Murray.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Custom hand-painted wallpaper on the main bedroom\u2019s wardrobe doors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Perlato Olympo marble, teak, and jellyfish painted by Axel Samson in a powder room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Two slabs of Carrara marble were sculpted into the main bathroom\u2019s tub.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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LEDs and onyx in a guest bathroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another powder room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Patrick Jouin\u2013designed furniture for the living room\u2019s games table.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Gingko-patterned silk on a guest bedroom\u2019s walls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A round of custom silk on the sitting room\u2019s teak doors. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bronze hardware for sitting-room doors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Above the pair of 10-foot-long dining-room tables, leatherlike Alcantara surrounds the custom chandelier made from cast Bohemian crystal. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The dining room\u2019s cabinet of curiosities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A corridor\u2019s coral reproduction in resin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The lower deck features a swimming pool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
PROJECT TEAM<\/h6><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Jouin Manku<\/span><\/a>: be\u0301ne\u0301dicte bonnefoi; dimitri malko; julien liz\u00e9; fanny peurou; axel de clermont tonnerre; vincent dechelette; bruno pimpanini; aure\u0301lien gauducheau; n\u00e9hemy goguely<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
azure yacht design<\/span><\/a>: yacht exterior<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
archineers.berlin<\/span><\/a>: design, engineering consultant<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
trappmann consulting slu<\/span><\/a>: interior design consultant<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
atelier 27; \u00e9b\u00e9nisterie g\u00e9n\u00e9rale; tisg<\/span><\/a>: custom furniture workshops<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
voyons voir<\/span><\/a>: lighting designer<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
aude planterose<\/span><\/a>: art consultant<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
admiral (italian sea group)<\/span><\/a>: shipyard<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
stuart king architecture<\/span><\/a>: owner technical representative, surveyor<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
PROJECT SOURCES<\/h6><\/div>\n\n\n\n
FROM FRONT<\/h6><\/div>\n\n\n\n
manutti<\/span><\/a>: table (main deck)<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
sunbrella<\/span><\/a>: sofa fabric, carpet (stair)<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
pedrali<\/span><\/a>: games chairs (living room)<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
starset<\/span><\/a>: games table<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
pierre frey<\/span><\/a>: sofa, chair fabric (salon, sitting room)<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
Holly Hunt<\/span><\/a>: chair (main suite)<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
delisle<\/span><\/a>: custom lamp<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
de Gournay<\/span><\/a>: custom wallpaper (main bedroom)<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
crystal caviar<\/span><\/a>: custom chandelier (dining room)<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
pilot\u2019 ag<\/span><\/a>: custom table<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
THROUGHOUT<\/h6><\/div>\n\n\n\n
galerie diurne<\/span><\/a>: custom carpet<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
preciosa<\/span><\/a>: custom lighting<\/span><\/section>\n\n\n\n
miscimasci<\/span><\/a>: custom silk<\/span><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n