http://www.talkbx.com/2008/06/18/bronx-zoo-lion-house-goes-green-as-cockroaches-crocs-move-in/
This is an interesting take on a retro-fit of an iconic zoo. Interesting for discussion could be the thematic shift of the ‘new’ zoo - a combination of the historic/exotic with the very contemporary ability to replicate an ‘other’ environment (plus the ‘green’ controls/systems involved) And here’s a video of the - new green toilets.
I found this looking for some images of the Childrens Zoo HERE>
It’s a list of Canadian Blogs about Stanley Park.
Hi Friends,
David Guenter sent me this project that his friend, Michael Banman, did for a competition in Japan. It was an “ideas” competition centred around zoo’s and specific habitats. There was no site in particular.
They chose to focus on a penguin habitat which, in his words, “had a particular interest in:
01 the changing topography as it relates to [...]
This is a great precedent that thinks about creating a suitable space as well as a climate for the elephants:
“Research into the social patterns of elephants, together with a desire to bring a sense of light and openness to a building type traditionally characterised as closed, even fortified, provided powerful starting points. The tendency for [...]