Nausicaa, Centre National de la Mer

Nausicaa

Architect : J. ROUGERIE / Other stakeholders : VINCI

Client

Communauté d'Agglomération du Boulonnais

Partenaire(s)

Architect : J. ROUGERIE / Other stakeholders : VINCI

Montant des travaux

85 M€

Superficie

35 900 m²

Mission

General contractor
Fishkeeping, Water treatment, Construction of aquariums

Lieu

Boulogne-sur-Mer (62)

The extension will make Nausicaa the biggest aquarium in Europe with two great attraction:

  • "Adventure on the high seas" comprising a basin of 9.500 m3,  8m deep; with (among others) Hammer sharks, Manta ray and moon fish,
  • "Polar regions" with walruses and penguins.

Ingérop is responsible for the realization and design of the fishkeeping lot and the technical equipment related to the aquariums: filtrations, lighting, glazing, bins, equipment, wave mill, etc...

 The task includes:

  • Dimensioning of water treatment system from the moment of pumping it at the sea to its utilization in the different basins,
  • through closed circuit filtration,
  • and to finishing the treatment and purification of the water before discharging it back to the sea.
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