International Expo "Water and Sustainable Development"
'Extreme water'
"Extreme water"
Definition and architecture
This is located in the Ebro plaza, in the amphitheatre area and the Citizen Initiative Pavilion. Its outside appearance symbolises the instant when a wave breaks on the beach. Built with translucent blue materials, the roof of the plaza filters and tints natural light coming in from the outside, producing an optical illusion of deep waters within.
Exposition: "Extreme Water"
Its contents invite the visitor to reflect on the role of the Mankind as an agent, subject or victim of water risks. It intends to stimulate the visitor’s knowledge, reflection, the debate before the advance warning of water as the full planning of territory and the correct management of the risks to water when they occur. The exposition is divided into two main parts: the sensorial area and the ideas area.
In the first place, the public is presented with a sensory foundation. It is made up of 150 mobile seats surrounded by a great curved panel on which a variety of audiovisuals are projected. On the ceiling, in a dome shape, there are different diffusers of pulverized water. The foundation has a stereo sound system, vibrators and nozzles that give out air currents. After experiencing the foundation, the visitor goes on to another part of the plaza, known as the “ideas area”.
This includes several different exposition platforms, some of which are interactive, with images and texts relating to water and its risks.
The “Extreme water” themed plaza is designed to excite and inform the visitor. To achieve this, the first part of the contents refers to aspects such as the geographical variance of the risks of water, its grandiosity (including water) of the water risks and the magnitude of the biological and economic effects caused by the catastrophes. These are the main ideas of the first part of the visit, the so-called sensory foundation. To better complement the explanation, the cases of a hurricane (“Looking through the entrails of the hurricane”), a tsunami (“Waiting for the big wave”) and a cold snap (“The Mediterranean downpour”) are used.
The contents of the second part (the ideas area) refer to the importance of preventing water risks and the values of perception and communication (the idea that humans behave towards our vision of reality rather than reality as it is”), the need for preventative adaptation (“Prevention is necessary to face water risks with success”) and responsible participation and correct management of water risks (“When the risk arises, life if the most important thing”). Finally, in conclusion, visitors are informed and invited to reflect on the current projections that are warning of the probable increase progressive in water risks due to climate change.
The installation will have a total of 800 square metres of exhibition space on a single floor. It is divided into 600 m2 of sensory foundation and 200 m2 in the so-called “Ideas Area”.
