Overview
The MAESTRI project aimed to overcome the existing design and technological obstacles for the construction of cruise ships with a higher number of passenger cabins with the same tonnage of the ship. MAESTRI aimed to develop new modular self-supporting housing solutions, grafted onto an innovative ship structure, which allows the systematic reduction of the inter-decks height, thus allowing the addition of a cabin deck (about 250 cabins or 500 beds) for the same-sized vessel.
The project identified and developed design and construction innovations to apply to the next ships, following a technical-economic feasibility analysis.
Results
The approach suggested by MAESTRI allowed not only to reduce the weight of the structure and the overall volume of the systems but also to reduce construction and refitting time and costs thanks to a pushed prefabrication, in particular for the outfitting of the cabins and spaces in public areas.