The proposal consists in a water installation for a culture and leisure appropriation. An inclusive functional program with the exhibition of fluvial botanic contents provides river baths to all the users including disabled people, pregnant women, children and the elderly.
The natural morphological diversity of the Rhine founds a particular happening in Schaffhausen, making it the biggest waterfalls in Europe. The nature of the place emphasizes the acoustic and visual space.
The intervention looks for the introduction of the tactile stimulus in the multi-sensory complexity of the place. The installation sets on an organic construction addorsed to the bank, located in a way that allows joining the view of the waterfalls along with sun exposure.
The proposal is based on wood which comes from a sustainable plantation. Pieces moulded in massive wood with natural punctual wholes of rounded sharps result in random water jets that emphasize the tactile space. The installation is organized in a main tank that includes tactile secondary tanks for the exhibition contents with accessible paths through a ramp. The main strategy for the orientation of the blind and low vision users consists on fixing a reference guide through a handrail that incorporates the tactile information. It also allows the reading of the inherent legends to the mentioned contents in the exhibition.
The social spaces of this place are set by chairs dipped and shaped in the installation.
It was conceptually decided to develop this project as a movable installation. The water recycle is natural, making use of the hydro-dynamic energy of the place.
