Vinnytsia Fountain Roshen

Multimedia Fountain Roshen
General information
Type	Multimedia Fountain
Architectural style	Contemporary
Location	Southern Buh, Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Construction started	September 4, 2011
Owner	Roshen
Design and construction
Architect	Ralph Douw
Main contractor	Emotion Media Factory GmbH

The Vinnytsia Fountain “Roshen” – Vinnytsia Multimedia Fountain Roshen - was built on the river Southern Buh in Vinnytsia City near Festivalny Isle (Kempa Isle). This is the only one multimedia fountain in Ukraine and the largest floating fountain in Europe. Fountain runs from early April to late October.

Description

Multimedia fountain Roshen is located in Vinnytsia, a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Buh. Build in 2011 it is considered as one of the largest floating fountains in Europe. It is the major multimedia attraction in the city.

The fountain constitutes a part of the complex reconstruction project of the Southern Buh quay near Roshen Confectionery Factory in Vinnytsia. In the framework of the project the 700 meter water front was embanked, a pedestrian zone and a leisure area were constructed, a street lighting system was installed, and an amphitheatre was built for hosting spectators of the fountain shows. To install the fountain equipment the riverbed of the Southern Buh was cleared in the volume of 28000 cubic meters. In the history of Ukraine this project is the first of such a scale implemented on the private company costs.

Primarily the fountain systems are installed in the artificial water basins with water cleaning system. The unique characteristic of the Roshen multimedia fountain is the use of the running river water. One more exceptional characteristic of the multimedia fountain is its “hibernating technology”, due to which the fountain equipment is sinking under the ice on the bottom of the Southern Buh during winter periods.

The project development was performed by Emotion Media Factory GmbH. The show was created by Ralph Douw, the CEO of the company.

Multimedia Show

The multimedia show combines fountain, music, lasers and 3D projection on the water screen.

Invention Show

Invention show is the multimedia show created exclusively for Multimedia Fountain Roshen. The idea for the Invention show was inspired by the major milestones of human inventions: mechanical, electrical, analogue and then finally digital.^[1]

The concept developed by the Emotion Media Factory creative team. The team was aiming to create a multimedia show that combines a variety of media combinations. For each era of time the team chose a different approach and visual look. The music was individually composed and produced for each scene together with Alexius Tschallener (Composers4Film).^[2]

Created by: Emotion Media Factory
Creative Director: Ralph Douw
Music-Supervisor: Oticons, George Christophoulus
Composer: Composers4Film, Alexius Tschallener, Sandro Friedrich (ethic wind instruments), Dominik Johnson (Roncoco)

Swan Lake Fantasy Show

Swan Lake Fantasy show is a co-production between Emotion Media Factory and the Ukrainian company Watershow.Pro.

Swan Lake Fantasy show involves 277 jets, 67 pumps, 560 LED underwater floodlights, 4 engines, 23 frequency inverters and 240 solenoid valves. The video projection onto the water screen requires two 15,000 Ansi Lumen and in parallel there is a dazzling total of four laser lights on, through and above the water. Two 15-Watt RGB lasers and two 18-Watt RGBY lasers. Plus a very complex computerised control of the water jets together with light, laser and music.^[3]

Created by:Emotion Media Factory
Creative Director: Ralph Douw

Opening

On the 4th of September 2011 the grand opening of the Roshen multimedia fountain, a unique light and music fountain, took place on the quay of the Southern Buh in Vinnytsia in the presence of tens of thousands of people.

Re-Opening

On the 22nd of April 2012 the festive launch of the Roshen multimedia fountain in the new season was held and a new show programme was presented. By the opening period three additional laser systems were installed, allowing to apply more special effects and to vary the show programme tremendously

Technical Characteristics

For the fountain show the super powerful LED lights are used allowing applying very bright and showy backlighting resulting in various picturesque effects. Despite other fountains in Ukraine, Roshen multimedia fountain has moving particles reaching verticity due to which the water spring angle is changing dynamically. The sound power of the audio system is 3840 Watt. The height of the central spring reaches 65–70 metres, the projection screen dimension is around 16 metres height and 45 metres width, and the frontal water dispersion constitutes 140 metres.

Working Hours

Monday from 14:00 to 22:00
Tuesday from 18:00 to 22:00
Wednesday from 14:00 to 22:00
Thursday from 14:00 to 22:00
Friday from 14:00 to 22:00
Saturday from 12:00 to 22:00
Sunday from 12:00 to 22:00