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Ataria Interpretation Centre
Ataria – Centro de Interpretación de la Naturaleza de Salburúa
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Ataria wetlands interpretation centre
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Ataria
Ataria, within the Basque Country
Nearest city Vitoria-Gasteiz
Coordinates 42°51′36.81″N2°38′32.22″W / 42.8602250°N 2.6422833°W / 42.8602250; -2.6422833 Coordinates: 42°51′36.81″N2°38′32.22″W / 42.8602250°N 2.6422833°W / 42.8602250; -2.6422833
Created2009
DesignerQVE Arquitectos
Operated byAyuntamiento de Vitoria-Gasteiz
Visitors100,000(in July 2009 - June 2010) [1]
Open10:00-14:00, 16:00-19:00 (winter); 10:00-14:00, 16:00-20:00 (summer)
Website Official website
Official nameSalburua
Designated24 October 2002
Reference no.1263 [2]

Ataria Interpretation Centre is a wetlands interpretation centre and natural history museum for the Salburua wetlands, a Ramsar site and a significant wetlands habitat in the Basque Autonomous Community. The wetlands region is an important green belt on the eastern outskirts of the city of Vitoria - Gasteiz in Álava-Araba province. [3] Ataria showcases the value of the wetlands, which are classified as a class 1 Habitat of European Community Interest, and the importance of biodiversity to Vitoria-Gasteiz's natural heritage. [3] The Salburua marshes are considered to be "the Basque country's most valuable area of wetland", according to a Fedenatur report for the European Commission in 2004. [4]

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Features

The centre complex was officially opened in July 2009, after three years of construction, at a cost of just under €7 million.

Building

The contemporary building was designed by QVE Arquitectos of Madrid, Spain. [5] It was shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival in 2008 [6] and nominated for the "Mies Arch Award" in 2009. [7] Its construction is considered unique in that the building extends over the wetlands it examines. [8] 100,000 visits to the centre were recorded in the first year of operation. [1]

The building houses an auditorium, interactive exhibits, classrooms and laboratories for educational use, a café, and offices for the Vitoria-Gasteiz Centre for Environmental Studies. [6] [9]

Observation deck

A cantilevered observation deck, 19.2 metres (63 ft) long, allows visitors to look out over the marshlands. The enclosed walkway deck was constructed of laminated veneer lumber and steel bar trusses. Concrete and steel anchors transfer the force to the ground. The structure was described as "singular" in a paper by Professor J. L. Fernández-Cabo, who compared it to the large cantilevered timber roof of a pavilion at Hanover fairgrounds. [10]

Cantilevered observation deck over the Salburua wetlands. Vitoria - Salburua - Ataria 03.jpg
Cantilevered observation deck over the Salburua wetlands.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Salburua". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Natura 2000 Site Management Case-study: Salburua Wetland, ES". natura.org. 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "The Place of Periurban Natural Spaces for a Sustainable City" (PDF). European Commission. January 2004. p. 6. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
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  6. 1 2 "ATARIA - Centro de Interpretación de la Naturaleza de Salburúa". World Buildings Directory. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
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  10. ↑ Fernández-Cabo, José L. (1 November 2009). "A timber cantilevered view walkway in Vitoria, Spain" (PDF). Proceedings of the ICE - Construction Materials. 162 (4): 167–174. doi:10.1680/coma.2009.162.4.167. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
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