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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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River front (River Ebro)
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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)
Before After
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