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