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From Aristocratic Displays to Eco-parks: The Current Questions and Future Design of Zoos

Kaley Overstreet — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 07:30:00 +0000

Around the world, zoos draw in hundreds of millions of visitors each year. For some cities, they’re major tourist attractions and economic hubs that generate taxpayer dollars and create long-term employment for thousands of people. But beyond these statistics, people have been criticizing the role that zoos play in our society and the way in which we design them that holds the potential a more positive and natural environment for animals.

The Land of Bears and Wolves / Project 7

Maria Erman — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:00:00 +0000

Text description provided by the architects.People in their minds and feelings are always seek to the nature. This is the main reason why the creation of new exhibition in the Cherkasy Zoo was that important. The special value of this project lies in the fact that city zoo is a tradition for Cherkasy. Subsequently, due to the zoo development and renovation the city also recognizes more cultural opportunities as well as financial ones.

Olson Kundig's Zooraji Immerses Visitors in a Fantasy World

Katherine Allen — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Zooraji, Olson Kundig's latest, takes its inspiration not from its site (the roof of a department store) or context (the futuristic city of Busan), but from a story. Aesop's The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, to be precise.

Winning Concepts for Zoo of the 21st Century Competition Announced

Kaley Overstreet — Sat, 19 May 2018 08:00:00 +0000

Archstorming have announced the winning projects of "Coexist: Rethinking Zoos," their recent competition to design a concept for the zoo of the 21^st century. The call for entries asked participants to redefine the traditional zoo and transform the space from something that is not only an exhibition of animals, but also an educational tool, and a place for research and conservation. The team of international jurors selected three winners from more than 40 countries that submitted ideas.

3XN and GERNER GERNER PLUS Reveal Competition Design for Undulating Aquarium in Vienna

Niall Patrick Walsh — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +0000

3XN and GERNER GERNER PLUS have released details of their competition entry for the design of a new aquarium in Schönbrunn Zoo, Vienna. Developed in collaboration with aquarium specialists ATT, “Poseidon’s Realm” was designed to be “elegant, simple and mysterious, lying across the landscape like a great veil.” The scheme was awarded second place in an international competition for the aquarium’s design, with the winner yet to be announced.

Open Call - COEXIST: RETHINKING ZOOS

Rene Submissions — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 12:25:00 +0000

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Future of zoos will be decided in the next few years. We are facing radical changes in the concept. Over the decades we have been proved that animal captivity, in most cases in terrible conditions, has affected badly their quality of life and their expected lifetime. The raison d’être and the welfare of the more than 3.5 million animals that they contain around the world are increasingly questioned. These places, emerged between the eighteenth and nineteenth century, deeply linked to colonialism and the discovery of new worlds, must evolve adapting to the new needs. The question is

Foster + Partners Gains Planning Permission for Snowdon Aviary Transformation at the London Zoo

Patrick Lynch — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 16:00:00 +0000

The Westminster Council has approved plans for the Foster + Partners-led transformation of the Snowdon Aviary at ZSL London Zoo. Designed by English architect and theorist Cedric Price in collaboration with Frank Newby and Lord Snowdon, the Grade II-listed structure became the first aviary in the UK to allow visitors to walk through a natural bird habitat when it opened to the public in 1962.

BIG Designs Yin-Yang Shaped Panda Enclosure for the Copenhagen Zoo

Patrick Lynch — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 13:15:00 +0000

BIG, in collaboration with Schønherr Landscape Architects and MOE, has revealed designs for a new yin-yang-shaped panda enclosure at the Copenhagen Zoo that will serve as the new home of two Chinese giant pandas upon their arrival in 2018.

8 Projects by Architects, for Animals

Eric Oh — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 09:30:00 +0000

The impacts of architecture on the quality of human life are often debated, and in the 21st century, projects are under greater scrutiny than ever for the experiences they provide for people. Buildings all over the world must address a specific context, responding to the cultural framework of their users.

Video: The Paris Zoological Park / Bernard Tschumi Architectes with Véronique Descharrières

AD Editorial Team — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 06:00:00 +0000

Our friends at the Pavillion de l'Arsenal have shared a collection of videos from their "Paris Architectures" series. Dive into these short films that document remarkable architecture around France's capital city.

BIG Unveils Design For "Zootopia" In Denmark

Becky Quintal — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Danish architects BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) have just released ambitious designs for a zoo in Givskud, Denmark. It's a project that provides an intriguing opportunity for, as BIG explains, the creation of a space with "the best possible and freest possible environment for the animals’ lives and relationships with each other and visitors." The firm has been working for the past two years to make Zootopia what the Danish press is calling "the world's most advanced zoo." According to Givskud Zoo's director Richard Østerballe, the park's transformation will benefit greatly from BIG's fresh approach to design--one that has been characterized by the integration of nature and natural elements into cutting-edge, innovative architecture.

Buenos Aires Vertical Zoo Competition proposal / Oglo

Hank Jarz — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:00:04 +0000

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

Ethel Baraona Pohl — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:00:42 +0000

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