lunedì 25 gennaio 2016

Floating Piers Lake Iseo .... now we give you the numbers !!

The "Floating Piers' on Lake Iseo, work of the famous contemporary artist Christo Vladimirov Yavachev in numbers:
- 80 years the artist
- 40 years of absence of the artist from Italy (Wrapped Fountain and Wrapped Medieval Towera Spoleto, Wrapped Monuments in Milan and The Wall, Wrapped Roman Wall in Rome - fact date back to the 70's)
- Among the top 10 destinations of 2016 reported by the famous Lonely Planet;
- 100 km. from Milan;
- 40 km. Orio al Serio (BG);
- 200 km from Venice;
- 200 thousand parallelepipeds of of high density polyethylene hollow section of 50x50x40 centimeters pushed together and connected to each other to form modular system float of 100 meters in length and 16 meters wide;
- 70-90 thousand square meters of yellow shimmering tissue placed on a modular floating;
- 100 meter maximum depth anchor to the lakebed;
- 150 anchors with a weight of 7 tons each to be made safe by professional divers that, alongside a team of engineers, will execute underwater defining the geometry of the entire project;
- EUR 10 million the cost of the work;
- 7 about the months of construction;
- 5 days for final assembly
- 800 thousand euro the approximate cost of the designs (drawings of The floating piers were offered for sale by a gallery in Milan);
- 17,750 the maximum number of people that will go up simultaneously, so there will be count at the point of access. (4 people per meter approximately);
- 500 people will be employed through a contract and that will cover different job profiles for the duration of the event;
- 170 lifeguards and divers to check that no one is in danger in the water;
- 200 guardians who will work in three shifts;
- 20 boats a few meters from the installation;
- Every 15/20 meters maximum, floating lights;
- 24 hours 24 hours opened Floating Piers;
- 16 the total days consecutive of the installation (from 18 June to 3 July 2016);
- 0 (zero) the cost of access;
- 4.5 km total length of the work: 2 km. on the mainland and another 2.5 km on a floating dock;
- 16 meters total width of which 8 from central walkable visitors;
- 50 cm height of the structure;
- Over 500 thousand tourists who agrees to bring to Iseo Councillor for Infrastructure and Mobility of the Lombardy Region Alessandro Sorte;
- 450 bys (temporary) that will create the town of Paratico in the area of Tassodi, the ex Rio and ex Rivatica;
- 2,500 parking spaces in the 70 thousand square meters area of the weekly market in Rovato;
- 8 thousand people from every country can reach Sulzano Lake Iseo using the service ran boosted by Navigazione Lago d'Iseo;
- 8 thousand people will find place on trains Trenord, which on this occasion will double the service;
- 10 thousand parking spaces found in Franciacorta and Valcamonica from which we can move at a time of Sulzano;
- 1 shuttle bus will shuttling the shore all day and all night between Marone and Iseo;
- The two provinces involved: Brescia and Bergamo;
- 16 municipalities of Lake Iseo (G 16): Iseo, Lovere, Sarnico, Pisogne, Castro, Costa Volpino, Marone, Monte Isola, Paratico, Parzanica, Predore, Riva di Solto, Sale Marasino, Solto Collina, Sulzano , Tavernola Bergamasca;
- 1 Basin Authority;
- 2 Mountain Communities.