Lava Centre
Hvolsvöllur, Iceland
Located just 100 km east of Reykjavík at Hvolsvöllur, the new Lava Centre sits between five of Iceland's greatest volcanos. The main exhibition of the Centre reveals the epic forces of nature that shape our planet and created Iceland. In addition visitors get a crash-course in Volcanology while experiencing the extreme forces associated with volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.How was Iceland created? What causes the earth to shake? Which types of volcanoes are there and how can I "read the landscape"?
These are just few of the questions people get answers to, and all through immersive experiences and tangible interaction.The exhibition which was designed by Gagarin in cooperation with Basalt architects.
The main exhibition of the Centre reveals the epic forces of nature that shape our planet and created Iceland.
This installation uses real-time data to show the seismic activity in seven different Volcanic systems.
Walking from the present into the past visitors learn of every eruption in Iceland for the last 100 years while triggering explosive lava flow. Photo: Ragnar Th. Sigurðsson.
Discover the colossal and complex natural forces that shape the Earth and began to create Iceland tens of millions of years ago. SEGD
By turning a large wheel visitors learn that Iceland was created when the tectonic-plate margins drifted over a stationary Mantle plume that lies underneath the island today.
An exhibit showing the size of the Mantle plume relative to Iceland. The reconstruction is in accordance with measurements done by scientists who measured the phenomena.
An interactive wall that responds to visitors' movements and three shaking platters! At once this installation surprises the visitors and educates them about the Rift zone, the Shear zone, and the Volcanic flank zone.
Living next to a volcano sounds weird to most of us. Meet the people who have done so their whole life and experienced many eruption where they even had to flee their homes.
The tephra corridor gives people the opportunity to experience the visual disruption associated with eruption under water or under a glacier.
An immersive world showing the five different Volcanoes around Lava Centre.