Building up
Ferretti Group has opened new offices and hospitality areas at its Ancona facilities, Italy.
30 July 2024
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Ferretti Group has unveiled details of the new administration and hospitality building of its metal superyachts division.
The new building will house top management, the engineering and production departments, and the project management teams for all metal superyachts.
The facility is part of a project to upgrade the Ancona shipyard on Italy’s Adriatic Coast, which serves as the group’s multi-brand production hub.
These buildings are where CRN metal super and megayachts from 60 to 90 metres are designed and built, the entire Custom Line made-to-measure composite range from 30 to 43 metres, and the full-aluminium branded flagship superyachts.
The Riva Superyacht Division from 50 metres upwards, Custom Line 50 metres and Pershing 140 are also built here.
Ferretti Group launched a project to redevelop the entire Ancona Superyacht Yard in 2016. It initially focused on the production sheds and then expanded to include the administration buildings and hospitality area.
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The first five years saw the construction of seven new industrial sheds with advanced technological, comfort, and energy systems (all the sheds have heating, cooling, air extraction, solar power, and special production systems).
The new administration building was inaugurated in December 2023. It was built on the site of the old Morini building that housed the offices of the shipyard of the same name, acquired by CRN with Ferretti Group in 2002.
The new multi-level building covers around 4,200 square metres and accommodates over 150 employees. The shipyard says the building takes inspiration from the designs of CRN megayachts, while retaining a desire to promote ties between the shipyard and the city of Ancona.
The project is integrated into its surroundings at the heart of the yacht-building district in the regional capital of Marche; a gateway to the tourist marina and commercial port.
The location’s colours and relations with the surrounding area inspired an architectural design characterised by abstract steel geometries, the transparency of the extensive glazing, and the marine colour tones of the pillars.
The new building was rebuilt, extended and redeveloped on the area previously occupied by a 1970s concrete structure consisting of two rectangular blocks perpendicular to one another and covering around 2,800 square metres on two levels.
The new construction began in 2019 and is on three levels with a total surface area of around 4,200 square metres. It was built in three stages: demolition of part of the existing structure and interior refurbishment of the remaining portion (around 1,500 m2), vertical extension with the addition of two new floors, and the superelevation in steel (around 1,700 m2).
Over 300,000 kg of steel and iron structures were used, with 18-metre-long beams and steel and concrete pillars 10 metres in height, as well as a metal grid system custom-designed for Ferretti Group featuring a variable wave curtain effect.
Some 1,000 square metres of glazing for the façades and windows, and 800 square metres of wood for the wood-effect resin cladding were also used.
On entering the building, the eye is immediately drawn to the staircase, a steel structure with a marble finish that connects the three floors to the glass entrance. The staircase is completely detached from the old building and suspended from the new steel structure.
Comfort and sustainability features include the installation of latest generation systems for heating, air conditioning and ventilation. Natural light extends to the large openings that overlook the surrounding landscape and bring the outdoors in.
The entire Ferretti Group Superyacht yard is powered by energy from renewable sources provided by its solar panel system and trigeneration plant.
The lights throughout the building are switched on and off at sunrise and sunset by an astronomical timing system.The management of nighttime lighting is based on a separate study.
An acoustic design study was the input used to create a comfortable environment with soundproofing in both the production facilities and executive offices.
The new interior design concept reflects materials used in CRN projects, such as metals, glass, leather, wood and marble.
There are two colour moods, one with warm earthy tones for the entrance areas, stairs and lobby, and the other with shades of azure for the administration offices and meeting rooms.
The furniture and furnishings in the new executive offices of the Ferretti Group Superyacht Division were custom-designed and then made by local joiners. The chosen wood is Canaletto Rigatino walnut, used as the base for all the made-to-measure items.
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