Buenos Aires Vertical Zoo Competition proposal / Oglo

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Oglo Architects have recently shared with us their “Hollow Tower” for the Vertical Zoo competition. Their sculptural proposal aims to act as a polarizing object amongst its surroundings in without removing itself from the context of the city. Additional images and the architects description after the break.

Buenos Aires Vertical Zoo Competition proposal / Hila Davidpur, Tal Gazit, Eli Gotman, Hofi Harari

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Hila Davidpu, Tal Gazit, Eli Gotman, and recently shared their “ECO-CLIFF” proposal for the Buenos Aires Vertical Zoo Competition. The “ECO-CLIFF” is a revolutionary tower that will serve as a nesting ground for thousands of migrating birds as well as an ecological habitat for the different animals and species of the “Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve Zoo”.

Eden Falls / Visiondivision

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Visiondivision shared their entry for a vertical zoo competition organized by Arquitectum with us.  The design features a thunderous water curtain facade that offers a dramatic entry condition as visitors pass over a moat of crocodiles and into a free setting where monkeys and birds freely roam about the building, and a  pool with fresh water dolphins rests on the roof.

More images and more about the zoo after the break.

Savannah house / LAM Architects

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Architects: LAM Architects
Location: Rotterdam,
Program: Giraffe-house and visitor centre
Structural Engineer: CAE Nederland
Wooden Frames: Heko Spanten
Building Contractor: Dura Vermeer Heyma Rotterdam
E-Contractor: Electro-Four
Client: Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde, Rotterdam Zoo
Constructed Area: 570 sqm
Project year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Franken Architecturalphotography

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Korkeasaari Zoo / Beckmann-N’Thépé architects – TN+ landscape designers

Architect: Beckmann-N’Thépé architects – Aldric Beckmann, Françoise N’thépé
Landscape design : TN+ / Bruno Tanant & Jean-Christophe Nani
Location: Helsinki,
Project Manager: Wilfried Daufy
Project Architect: Anne-Catherine Dufros
Assistant Architects: Constance Héau, Jessica Pallatier
Landscape design team: Guillaume Derrien & Agathe Turmel
expert: Jean Marc Lernould
Constructed Area: 26,2 ha

In Progress: Elephant House / Foster + Partners

If house design is a challenge, imagine designing a house for elephants. Foster + Partners took the challenge and is currently finishing the Elaphant House at the Copenhagen , for a group of Indian elephants.

The Elephant House is covered with lightweight, glazed domes that enclosure spaces with a strong visual connection with the sky and changing patterns of daylight.