TWO NEW AQUARIUMS MALLORCA – BALEARIC ISLANDS- SPAIN DJEDDAH – SAUDI ARABIA IAC MEETING September 2012
TWO NEW AQUARIUMS MALLORCA – BALEARIC ISLANDS- SPAIN DJEDDAH – SAUDI ARABIA
IAC MEETING
September 2012
YOUR INTERLOCUTORS TODAY :
Philippe de LACAZE Managing Director of
COUTANT AQUARIUMS and ALTER-EGO
Jerome CUCHET Head of Design department
at ALTER-EGO
COUTANT AQUARIUMS
N° 1 in Europe in Design and build of Public Aquariums
- 10 000 references throughout the world
- Engineering department
- On site installation team (70 persons)
BRIEF PRESENTATION OF GROUP COUTANT
GIJON AQUARIUM
SPAIN
MUSEE DE LA MER
BIARRITZ FRANCE
KLAIPEDA AQUARIUM
LITHUANIA
OCEANOPOLIS AQUARIUM - FRANCE
CRETAQUARIUM - CRETA -
GREECE
PLYMOUTH AQUARIUM – U.K.
SOME EUROPEAN REFERENCES
OCEANOGRAPHIC
VALENCIA - SPAIN AQUARIUM OF MONACO
PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO
AQUARIUM OF BARCELONA SPAIN
AQUARIUM OF CHERBOURG FRANCE
SOME EUROPEAN REFERENCES
ACUARIO DE ZARAGOZA
SPAIN
AQUARIUM OF MONTPELLIER FRANCE
BRIEF PRESENTATION OF GROUP COUTANT
ALTER-EGO
Design and realization of dry exhibits
and interior layouts
SOME EUROPEAN REFERENCES
PINGUIN TANK– BREST AQUARIUM -FRANCE GUADELOUPE AQUARIUM –
CARRIBEAN ISLANDS
FAUNIA – MADRID SPAIN
NEW CALEDONIA AQUARIUM PACIFIC ZONE
SES SALINES AQUARIUM – SPAIN
- 8000 M² - 3000 m3 of water - 800.000 visitors/annum
- 45 years of experience in management of Aquarium - First privately held Aquarium in France and second in Europe
BRIEF PRESENTATION OF GROUP COUTANT
LA ROCHELLE AQUARIUM
MALLORCA – BALEARIC ISLANDS Interpretation Centre Parque Nacional de Cabrera
Location
Cabrera Island : A piece of paradise
Main data:
" Final Client: Spanish Ministery
• Arquitect: A. Planchuelo
• Total Area: 4526 sq.m.
• Water Volume: 800 000 liters (20 Mediterranean tanks)
• Scope of action: Design/built of Aquariology / scenography
A global interpretative center:
Presentation of terrestrian landscapes:
Mare Nostrum: Cultural melting pot
The link between the museum and the Aquarium:
Our design goals :
To realize an Aquarium in a building not provided for this purpose…
▶ Make disappear all structural constraints
▶Convert the visit in a diving experience
▶Integrate Audio visuals along the visiting route
▶ Smooth discovery, step by step
▶Adapted to all kind of visitors
The structural Challenge…
General layout before involvement of COUTANT
General layout after involvement of COUTANT
Doubling the number of tanks,
the length of the route
and time of visit
THE FINAL RESULT
Convert the visit in a diving experience:
The submarine grotto
Diving in the harbour
The Open Sea
Levels -50m to -30 m
Rocky and sand bottoms Back to the surface
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The entrance of the Aquarium :
Floor: Rocky, clear
Sound effect: waves & « plic-ploc »
Light: sunny to cloudy
Walls: calcarean rocks with lichen colonies
Ceiling: rocky grotto
The entrance :
The entrance :
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The Balearic harbour:
Floor: Sandy, clear
Sound effect: kids running, harbour noises
Light: sun rays broken by sea surface (caustics)
Walls: big blocks of habour pear
Ceiling: water ceiling
The Balearic Harbour:
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Diving in the depth; the 3D relief movie:
Floor: dark sand
Sound effect: movie sound track
Light: clear to dark
Walls: Dark blue with lighting effects
Ceiling: dark blue
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Beginning to rise to the surface: - 60 m. depth
Floor: dark sand
Sound effect: marine mammals
Light: dark (lighter than previous)
Walls: animated acrylic walls
Ceiling: dark water ceiling with few lighting effects
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Towards the surface; -50 m. to -40 m. depth:
Floor: dark sand, waves shape
Sound effect: Cetacean noises
Light: dark to clear
Walls: calcareous rocks, 25% biologisation
Ceiling: water sky
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Towards the surface; -30m. to -15m. depth:
Floor: clear sand with rock platforms
Sound effect: distant water effects
Walls: rocks, 25% biologisation
Ceiling: light blue water sky with sun rays (many lighting effects)
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Back to the surface: -10 m. to water level:
Floor: sandy, clear, possidonias
Sound effect: waves, boats, human noices
Walls: calcareous rocks, intense biologisation
Ceiling: water sky, clear blue, strong lighting effects
Last vision before crossing the water surface
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From Mallorca…
…to Jeddah
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Key data of Jeddah Aquarium
First Public Aquarium in KSA (Saudi Arabia) Private investment
Superbe location in Jeddah down town (Corniche road) Works time frame: 2009 - 2012
Opening end of 2012
Scope of action; turn key design & build & fish procurement
Jeddah aquarium location Corniche street
The aquarium buiding!
6500 sq meters - 2 floors - 31 tanks - 2000 M3
Square and dinning zone!
JEDDAH AQUARIUM!
JEDDAH AQUARIUM ORIGINAL LAYOUT!
JEDDAH AQUARIUM LAYOUT!
Z3 CORAL REEF
Z2 MANGROVE
Z4 TUNNEL Z5 DHOW WRECK
Z1 ENTRANCE & IMMERSION ROOM
Ground floor
Z6 EDUCATION ZONE Z7 CHILDREN CORNER
First floor
Z9 DISCOVERY ZONE
Z10 PROJECTION ROOM
Z11 OCEAN THEATRE
Z12 LAST SIGHT
Ground floor
ENTRANCE HALL & IMMERSION ROOM
ENTRANCE HALL & IMMERSION ROOM
ENTRANCE HALL
IMMERSION ROOM
IMMERSION ROOM
MANGROVE
MANGROVE!
MANGROVE!
CORAL REEF
CORAL REEF!
CORAL REEF!
CORAL REEF!
CROSSING THE SEA - THE TUNNEL
THE TUNNEL!
THE TUNNEL!
FIRST FLOOR EDUCATION ZONE
FIRST FLOOR - EDUCATION ZONE
FIRST FLOOR - EDUCATION ZONE
FIRST FLOOR CHILDREN CORNER
FIRST FLOOR – CHILDREN CORNER
DISCOVERY ZONE
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DISCOVERY ZONE!
DISCOVERY ZONE!
DISCOVERY ZONE!
EVENT HALL - PROJECTION ROOM
PROJECTION ROOM
EVENT HALL
LAST SIGHT
LAST SIGHT!
Factors of success to realize a project in Saudi Arabia " 3 years of site work
" 20 COUTANT employees full time in Jeddah
" No local procurement " High complexity of imports " Materials " Animals… " Nightmare of visas issues
" Complexity to deal with local companies
" Staff challenge
" 7 000 fishes in 3 months
" Origin; Europe, Indonesia, Kenya…
" Small species = air freight
" Big fishes = truck from Europe to Jeddah " A unique and superbe
experience