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Zaragoza (Spain)

2015

Zaragoza

(Spain)

Meander Ranillas before Expo

Agriculture area with out use.

Flood area 300 Acres

Zaragoza (Spain): 670.000 residents

Before building the park: 2005

Expo 70 Acres

Parque del Agua 300 Acres

- 3 New bridges next to the park.

- Closing ring roads

- New leisure and bussines area After building the park: 2008

Parque del Agua

Businnes Park Expo

(For 8.000 workers)

River front

Waterfront forest (protected)

Leisure area

Flooding park

- Park is designed to be flood

- Protected by perimetral hillock

Hillock

River

300 Acres

2 Km.

• More than 30 permanent activities in the park

• 15 leisure companies install in the park

Access: • 250.000 residents live less than 20 min. walking

• 500.000 residents live less than 20 min by car o bike

Connected by urban bus.

Free parking for 1.200 cars

Practice golf field

Sport Center

(Padel & Soccer 5)

6 pitches soccer “5 a side”

12 pitches pádel ( 6 Indoor)

Urban Spa: 9.000 m2 of installations

Indoor pools + wellnes + beauty center

Hotel (104 Rooms)

Rafting & Kayak

cannoeing & hidrospeed

Wake board & cableski

Fireman + army + rescue practice area

Canoeing + kayak rentals

Artistic fountains

Adventure Park

7.000 m2

Free public agility pitch

+ Dog training center (private)

Equestrian center 10.000 m2

20 horses

Horse rides in the river forest

Hipotherapy

More than 65 millions U$ private invest

River beaches

Parties and events for thousand of people

River beach

5.000 m2 of sand and 200 palm trees

Natural filter system for water (plants + sand + air)

Terrace “Chill out”

Several bar and terraces

Banquet restaurants

Up to 1.200 guest

Restaurant

300 civil weedings per year

Oficial ceremonies building

210 Rental urban gardens

- Place with BBQ´s

- Agriculture classes

- Small plant shop

- People rent individual garden of

30 m2 and cultivate tomatoes,

beans, potatoes, onions Etc.

Kindergarden up to 95 kids

Bars & restaurants that pay a

rent and help with the budget

Indoor playgrounds

250 m2

Laser games “indoor”

800 m2

Theatre specialize in kids

50.000 spectators per year

Kids theatre

Minigolf 18 holes

Bird island Protected area 7.000 m2

Bats and other species

that hunt insects

Spanish national prize: “Columpio de Oro 2013””

Best kids area

30 Acres free botanical gardens

Biggest river Aquarium in Europe

Más de 300 especies de animales

Acuario Aquarium

More than 300 different species

Not salty water

Only river species

Third biggest

river

Aquarium in

the world

Palace Congress Expo

Auditorium + bussines area

1.400 guest

Palace Congress

Hotel (176 rooms)

Rooms oriented to river

Hotel

For 8.000 workers

Bussiness

center

Water system

We take water from an irrigation

channel (Not clean) We clean it with loose stone

and aquatic plants + air

Fills up lagoons and

channels (Clean water) We return it to the river

more clean than at the

beginning

Flock of sheep (4 times a year)

- In the wild area of the park

- We dont use machines or gardeners

- Sheeps fertilize the ground + prevent fires in summer

- We save money and the local sheperd is happy

Presentación mundial

Volkswagen Golf 7 (Más de 15.000 asistentes)

Ej. World presentation

Volkswagen Golf (7) (More than 15.000 congress asistants)

We use the park as a TV set.

More than 35 international TV commercials (Mainly cars)

Film shooting (Documentals, shows, TV series, even Bollywood films)

Maintenance of 23 artistic works of art

More than 370.000 plants

River forest (90 Acres)

MAINTENANCE OF OTHER RIVER SHORE

Parque del Agua

(Water Park)

River front

Channel

River front (River Ebro) Before

After

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After

River front (River Ebro)

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After

River front (River Ebro)

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After

River front (River Ebro)

Old bar turn in to new space

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After

River front (River Ebro)

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River front (River Ebro)

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After

River front (River Ebro)

Boats back in the river Ebro

50 years with out boats, back in 2008 with Expo:

Reason cleaning the river + damm + building piers

People back to the river. Clean river + small damm

10 New restaurants next to the river shore

River front (River Ebro)

New practicers + new private clubs

Recovery of

unuse spaces

Before: Vandalism

Now: New area, bar + private invesment

neigborhood involve.

Before: Vandalism

Recovery of unuse spaces

Now: New area, bar + private invesment neigborhood involve.

Antes: Vandalism

Now: Scouts center + private invesment

neigborhood involve.

Recovery of unuse spaces