bies safari

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Hospitality + Sport › Zoo/Aquarium
Landscape + Planning › Public Park

The 'Bies Safari' is an exploration in redefining the zoo. As a
freshwater tide natural park in the Netherlands, the Biesbosch is
enclosed by a forest, polders and a river. The diversity in
landscapes and animals are interconnected with the introduction of a
pathway that follows a grid system.

Context
parameters define the height of the grid, hereby adapting to the
environment whilst maintaining the inherent qualities and conditions.
In this 3D system it is possible to walk through trees, fly over the
polder, submerge in water and be on eye-level with animals.

Programmatic
elements are located in pavilions at pathway-intersections, subtly
suggesting a route and clarifying the type of crossing as a node
(vertical, directionless) or an endpoint (horizontal, directional).
The facades of the pavilions mirror the steppingstones in their
context as a mean to connect the built interventions with the
surrounding landscape.

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L Daniel Swakman

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bies safari

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