QUART ERLY - P.I. 31/07 /2019 Intern Spedizione in Abbon ationa l € 10, Chf amento Postale 10,50 , UK £ 7,50 - 70% - LO/MI Poste Italiane S.p.a.
C O R A L
SL102Asymme
I S S U E
tric Sanlorenzo
• n ° 1 9 • 2 0 1 9
CORAL ISSUE - n° 19 - 2019 - € 10
The Art of Sailing
[ MUST HAVE ]
166
SAY GOODBYE TO SEAT ROWS Going beyond the classic aircraft concept, Pininfarina has reconfigured the spaces inside the Airbus A350 XWB, transforming the cabin into a futuristic, harmonious and social space where technology and exotic materials live side by side by Sergio Barlocchetti
167
[ MUST HAVE ] The new interiors for the Airbus A350 XWB were presented at EBACE 2019 in Geneva. The sophisticated open lounge features shapes outside normal aircraft design traditions, where a wave-form element extends throughout the various spaces. To side, top, the bar counter, and below, the large dining/ conference table
T
168
he most enthusiastically-pursued objective for airline
the outside view through video cameras installed at various
companies all over the world is the ability to increase the
points on the aircraft. Next, the lounge has a dining room
number of passengers travelling on every aeroplane – more
that can also host meetings and a lounger and green space for
passengers means increased ticket sales. They also, however,
moments of personal relaxation. Creating aircraft interiors
want to be able to offer those who can afford it interiors that
goes beyond architecture and furnishings, where everything
are much different from the classic rows of seats or loungers
must reflect passenger transport regulations regarding, for
separated by rather strange partitions. To do so they have
example, the presence of seatbelts and using non-flammable
designed cabins whose furnishings resemble those of a hotel,
materials, working in close contact with the aeronautical
restaurant or century-old villa, with an emphasis on unusually-
authorities. “What Pininfarina has achieved here is an entirely
shaped windows. If we examine the development of airplane
new type of cabin that draws on a smart human input whose
cabins, we see that in little over a hundred years of aviation
influence can be seen in areas where everyone can work, relax
history we have moved from windows that are as round as
and live. The work that has enabled us to create this concept
possible, conforming to the demands of structural strength and
is a new benchmark for the future, highlighting harmonious,
internal pressurisation, to elliptical and even irregular shapes. In
social spaces, new technologies and exotic materials. Airbus
this context, at EBACE 2019 (Geneva, 23-25 May) Pininfarina
has built a wonderful wide-body platform, and we’re keen to
for Amac aerospace presented a new interior concept for the
see how much interest this inspires on the private aviation
extra-wide body Airbus A 350 XWB. Pininfarina’s idea draws
market, and we hope we can work together in the future with
inspiration its experience in the nautical industry and with
suppliers in the sector and the Pininfarina design studio”, said
shapes far removed from traditional aircraft design. There is
Waleed K Muhiddin, AMAC Aerospace Business Development
an open-space lounge in the passenger cabin defined by a wave-
& Marketing Director. We’ll watch with interest the interiors
shaped element that extends to reveal a series of spaces. First,
created on some A350 XWB aircraft configured for VVIP or
the relaxation area with sofas in front of a giant screen that
diplomatic transport.
not only shows films and other entertainment but also displays
wwwpininfarina.it
169