Las Setas de Sevilla are transformed with creative immersive experiences on their tenth anniversary

'Aurora', An artistic experience of light and sound in real time, and the immersive room 'Feeling Sevilla', equipped with a large curved Led screen, 360º sound, ground projection and olfactory maps are some of the components of the renewal of The Mushrooms of Seville.

The Tenth Anniversary of The Mushrooms of Seville, The largest wooden structure in the world, made with 3.500 cubic metres of micro-laminated Finnish pine timber, and the third most visited monument is the city of Seville, It is marked by an innovative technological renovation to offer new experiences to its thousands of visitors.

Managed by Sacyr and after an investment of 14 million euros, Las Setas de la Encarnación now offer a tourist proposal, marked by technological innovation and sustainability, composed of the lighting and sound show called Aurora; The Immersive Room Feeling Sevilla, an open WiFi network throughout the venue, an App available in three languages and a new website, as detailed from the Seville City Council.

With the motto Ten years in the heart of Seville, This renovation “reinforce the commitment that Sacyr Concesiones maintains with the city. In this decade, mushrooms have positioned themselves as a clear tourist reference", has pointed out Pedro Parrilla, manager of this space during the presentation of the project.

An idea that he also stressed Antonio Muñoz, Councilor for Urban Habitat, Tourism and Culture of the Seville City Council: “Las Setas had enormous potential and with these projects and investment by Sacyr, a new attraction and a new tourist product are added to the city at a time when all destinations are reinventing themselves to accelerate recovery”.

Creative and sustainable lighting

Developed by the specialist Skandal Technologies, Aurora is Las Setas' new real-time light and sound art experience. Thanks to the Poet software of this company “allows lighting designers to make a canvas. Revolutionizes the design and management of lighting and real-time response media for architecture”, as they point out.

Among other novelties, The setup of this light show is different every day, just like when walking down the catwalks, the viewpoint or below the structure. Under the commitment of the sustainability that this space has always had, The existing infrastructure has been reused, providing technological innovation at the service of lighting creativity.

Like this, have been established Fourteen light patterns, of which twelve are for commemorative dates, that the Poet software allows you to control individually, since each luminaire incorporates a data cable with the signal of the color and the power of the lighting (with more than 60 Data Lines and 85 Circuits), allowing different patterns to be sent to individual luminaires or specific areas.

In addition, The system incorporates elements such as the occupation and the Visitor movement at every moment, The weather, the seasons and special dates of the year that are integrated as a creative part of the lighting.

Another aspect in favor of the sustainability of the space is that the configuration of the system is designed to keep on an average of less than the 30% of the total number of luminaires at any given time, balancing the areas with light and those with no light to generate the sensation of movement and immersion, and with controlled dissipation to reduce light pollution.

Feeling Sevilla

With an area of more than 200m2 and located at 21 meters high, The new immersive room Feeling Sevilla of Las Setas is equipped with stands with capacity for 96 people, who can enjoy the audiovisual content created by TVT and the production company MR Factory.

This content is displayed on a large curved Led screen (of 21×3 m), of 1,9 mm pixel pitch to deliver image quality of 16 Million pixels, which is completed with a system of sEnveloping sound, Ground projection, Led lighting on the ceiling and Olfactory maps thanks to an odor diffuser to create a unique and complete experience.