UNITECH SAVAGE V2.

 The commission consists in transforming the design, image and form of the general design of the The commission consisted of collaborating with a naval engineering company to redesign the aesthetic appearance, image, and overall form of a work vessel intended for rescue operations, construction, underwater installations, and offshore refurbishment. This project corresponds to the second design version of the vessel.

The objective of the assignment was to update the original, pragmatic but conventional appearance of the ship, transforming it into a more innovative and distinctive design that reflects the corporate identity of UNITECH, one of the leading international companies in marine and underwater construction, particularly within the oil and gas sector.

In parallel, a rescue operation was being planned in Norway involving a German World War II submarine, sunk more than 70 years ago, containing approximately 65,000 kilograms of mercury on the seabed near the island of Fedje in Hordaland. The mercury cargo represents one of Norway’s most significant pollution “hot spots.”

Duran Blazquez Architecture_Engineering participated in this initiative by collaborating on the redesign of the rescue vessel developed by Unitech and its partners, focusing specifically on the transformation of the ship’s external image and aesthetic character in preparation for the mission.

I attach a new article about the rescue operation that is planned in Norway regarding a WWII 70-year-old German submarine sunk with about 65,000 kilograms of mercury located in the wreck on the seabed off the island of Fedje in Hordaland.

"Mercury is one of the most dangerous environmental toxins and poses a threat to both human health and the environment", writes the government on its websites about the so-called mercury regulation. Norway has joined the Minamata Convention, which will ensure less use and less emissions of mercury to the environment. From 2020, it is no longer allowed to use mercury in products or in industrial processes.

 The submarine was loaded with metallic mercury. This is converted to methyl mercury when it comes into contact with carbon and organic material. It can thus be taken into various organisms in the sea and get into the food chain.

https://www.tu.no/artikler/har-kranglet-i-15-ar-om-miljogift-i-vraket-av-ubaten-u-864/456350

Eight such bottles, which were filled with mercury, were picked up from the wreck. But only one of them was whole and contained mercury. Photo: Coastal Administration)