ABSTRACT
The quality of the environment is closely related to the control and availability of natural light and possible views. In the field of yachting, however, the design solution of the hulls and the internal environments often makes the relation between the availability of natural light and views inside the boat especially critical. Anyway, the demands of representation and sociality required by final users needs the introduction of new systems of windows, terraces, and new layouts, to relate the interior of the boats with the deck, attributing new meanings within the social idea of “going out to sea.” This is how the small portholes, with the original function of air environments, can aspire to become large openings for dialog with sky and sea. However, the unstable horizon of the boat and the dynamic changing nature of views and natural light generate very difficult conditions with regard to the control of the factors which can help determine the good size of domestic interiors and their relationship with the environment.
