VIEWPOINT

Sightseeing Ship

Over tourism is an issue facing many cities.

VIEWPOINT is a sightseeing ship that allows multiple passengers to have clear views of cityscapes. Current sightseeing ships are derived from passenger ferries and barges and are arranged on flat decks so that the people looking at the views at the sides of the ship obscures the view for all the other passengers.

When visiting cities your much anticipated classic view is often obscured by the many people in front of you also wanting to appreciate the same view. This is often most intense in harbours such as Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong and Sydney just to name a few in the Pacific rim.

VIEWPOINT solves this problem and provides uninterrupted views for all passengers. Theatres have evolved over many thousands of years and are designed to inwardly focus an audiences view to one single point, the stage.

VIEWPOINT has a unique inverted tiered theatre design where people face outwards not inwards so that a wide view can be seen and the whole city becomes the stage. Passengers can enjoy the high end restaurants or pick up a picnic basket from the on board kitchen and relax in amongst the terraces with beautiful uninterrupted views of the city they are visiting.

VIEWPOINT increases the area for people to enjoy a city by utilising the often underused space available on the waters of the harbours and rivers that are at the heart of cities.

VIEWPOINT is a 65 meter hydrogen / electrically powered ship designed for the harbours and rivers of our cities around the world, giving passengers peaceful and memorable experiences of their most loved city views.

Dezeen's VIEWPOINT Interview with Paul Priestman:

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/08/15/paul-priestman-puli-innovation-viewpoint/