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Minnesota Zoo
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13000, Zoo Boulevard, Apple Valley, MN, United States
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Minnesota Zoo
13000, Zoo Boulevard, Apple Valley, MN, United States
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2011
Heart of the Zoo Phase One
The Minnesota Zoo Entry Renovation is a modest proposal that is comprised of three main components:
· The renovation of the Zoo’s main entrance (to be transformed in the future to a student/group entry for the Zoo’s Environmental Education Center)
· The renovation of the original indoor bird theater to a new Penguin Exhibit
· The renovation of an abandoned whale tank into a new bird theater
While modest in scope, the renovation is intended to create a significant transformation to the zoo entry experience and is the first phase in a much larger “Heart of the Zoo” plan established by the design team. When faced with significant budgetary constraints the architects were charged with creating a reduced “phase one” program that softens the architecture at the entry and introduces a new penguin exhibit that capitalized on existing space and would continue to work with future Heart of the Zoo development.
Originally built 36 years ago, the concrete architecture of the zoo aligned itself directly with the concrete enclosures that heavily defined many of the Zoo’s exhibits. Exhibit design today places great emphasis on creating more natural and humane environments to the benefit of animals and patrons. The renovation of the Zoo’s exterior, in what in the future will become its’ Environmental Education Center, is meant to contrast and compliment the amount of concrete used on surrounding buildings. Further, wood as the primary cladding material is intended to communicate, along with the introduction of a green roof, the environmental stewardship key to the Zoo’s mission. Critical to the design team was the creation of an architecture that’s true strength becomes its ability to complement its surroundings and work harmoniously with the landscape.
From an exhibit standpoint the team focused on two primary areas, an tired existing indoor bird theater and a whale tank that had been sitting abandoned for 15 years, proposing to the client the sectional qualities of both spaces were highly conducive to placing the new penguin exhibit in the existing theater and moving the theater into the abandoned whale tank. In both areas it became extremely important for the architecture to disappear as much as possible in order to place patrons focus on the animals being exhibited.
The Minnesota Zoo Entry Renovation is a modest proposal that is comprised of three main components:
· The renovation of the Zoo’s main entrance (to be transformed in the future to a student/group entry for the Zoo’s Environmental Education Center)
· The renovation of the original indoor bird theater to a new Penguin Exhibit
· The renovation of an abandoned whale tank into a new bird theater
While modest in scope, the renovation is intended to create a significant transformation to the zoo entry experience and is the first phase in a much larger “Heart of the Zoo” plan established by the design team. When faced with significant budgetary constraints the architects were charged with creating a reduced “phase one” program that softens the architecture at the entry and introduces a new penguin exhibit that capitalized on existing space and would continue to work with future Heart of the Zoo development.
Originally built 36 years ago, the concrete architecture of the zoo aligned itself directly with the concrete enclosures that heavily defined many of the Zoo’s exhibits. Exhibit design today places great emphasis on creating more natural and humane environments to the benefit of animals and patrons. The renovation of the Zoo’s exterior, in what in the future will become its’ Environmental Education Center, is meant to contrast and compliment the amount of concrete used on surrounding buildings. Further, wood as the primary cladding material is intended to communicate, along with the introduction of a green roof, the environmental stewardship key to the Zoo’s mission. Critical to the design team was the creation of an architecture that’s true strength becomes its ability to complement its surroundings and work harmoniously with the landscape.
From an exhibit standpoint the team focused on two primary areas, an tired existing indoor bird theater and a whale tank that had been sitting abandoned for 15 years, proposing to the client the sectional qualities of both spaces were highly conducive to placing the new penguin exhibit in the existing theater and moving the theater into the abandoned whale tank. In both areas it became extremely important for the architecture to disappear as much as possible in order to place patrons focus on the animals being exhibited.
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