Jaaiba

Jaaiba is a two-story luxury catamaran conceived as a floating restaurant that offers visitors to Bahía Solano an immersive gastronomic experience. The concept proposes a culinary journey in which each dish functions as a narrative device, engaging diners with local traditions, indigenous flavors, and the cultural stories of the region.

Bahía Solano, located in the department of Chocó, is recognized as an emerging tourist destination, attracting visitors in part through its distinctive culinary heritage. Despite the richness of traditional flavors present in the region, the diversity of dishes and customary culinary practices remains relatively limited in formal tourism offerings. Within this context, the Jaaiba vision concept suggests that COTECMAR could benefit from incorporating Experience Design as a strategic approach, emphasizing the quality of interaction between users and maritime products. Such an approach may open new avenues for innovation by expanding COTECMAR’s role beyond vessel construction to the design of holistic, experience-driven solutions.

A low-resolution prototype of the vision concept Jaaiba. The authors are Sara Forero, Sofía Jamaica, Estefanía Munar, and María José Benítez. The image was captured by Esteban Rios, and the model was created by Felipe Páez.