REPTILE HOUSE, CHHATBIR ZOO, NEAR CHANDIGARH

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REPTILE HOUSE, CHHATBIR ZOO, NEAR CHANDIGARH

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Hospitality + Sport › Zoo/Aquarium

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REPTILE HOUSE
Yet another addition
in the M.C. Zoological Park, Chhatbir is a modern Reptile House. It has been
constructed to house various species of reptile animals like, tortoise, turtle,
chameleon, lizards, cobra, snakes, python etc. The reptile animals are perhaps
the most misunderstood and persecuted animals in the world. Though they have
been worshiped, feared and abhorred through the ages yet it can hardly be said
that they have been loved. This is in spite of the fact that these creatures
have an important role to play in the maintenance of balance of nature.
By adding an exclusive
Reptile House for these animals in the Zoo, Chhatbir has joined the elite class
in the country which has such facilities. The design of the Reptile House is a
unique combination of strict geometrical order and free flowing forms. The
geometrical order is displayed in the spatial arrangement and juxtaposition of
hexagonal cells for the animals. In spite of the geometrical order, the union
of these cells creates a rhythmic serpentine form which has been further
accentuated by the free flowing roof in a slanting profile. The roof has been
projected out significantly on the front side to cover the visitors’ gallery.
Built-in planters have been provided on the outer edge of the gallery to demarcate
the circulation area. It is envisaged that thick plantation in these planters will
help in creating dark /shaded ambience in the visitors’ gallery. It is an
essential component of a reptile house to ensure glare-free vision of the
creatures through toughened glass windows. To increase the visibility the
interiors of animal cells have been made well lit with glass-bricks skylights
at the top. The heat generated through these skylights does not affect the
inhabitants as these are hot-blooded creatures.
The Reptile House
comprises 17 numbers of hexagonal cells and each cell has an area of 3.66
square metres. Smaller species have been provided with single cells while
larger species like python, cobra, giant turtle etc. have been allocated double
the space. Two sick units have also been provided for isolation and treatment
of sick animals. The outer enclosure has been sub divided into two parts to
create service court at the rear and an extension of visitors’ gallery at the
front. The curvilinear stone-masonry compound walls, serpentine arrangement of
animal cells along with free-flowing slanting roof make the built form seems to
hug the beautiful surrounding landscape and topography of the Zoo.

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REPTILE HOUSE, CHHATBIR ZOO, NEAR CHANDIGARH

REPTILE HOUSE, CHHATBIR ZOO, NEAR CHANDIGARH

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