Markus Schietsch Architekten GmbH

Kaeng Krachan Elephant Park

Kaeng Krachan Elephant Park

Kaeng Krachan Elephant Park

Markus Schietsch Architekten

TYPE
Hospitality + Sport › Zoo/aquarium

STATUS
Built

YEAR
2014

SIZE
100,000 Sqft - 300,000 Sqft

BUDGET
$50k - 100k

LOCATION
Zürich, Switzerland

The new elephant house in Zürich Zoo is embedded in the extensive landscape of the newly designed Kaeng Krachan Elephant Park.

Kaeng Krachan Elephant Park
Kaeng Krachan Elephant Park

The characteristic element of the new elephant house is its striking wooden roof which blends into the landscape as a shallow free-form shell-structure.

The roof dissolves into a transparent mazelike structure that establishes an organic relationship to the surrounding forest.

In the interior the roof unfolds its atmospheric effect: as if through a canopy of trees the sunlight filters through the intricate roof structure generating constantly changing light atmospheres.

Kaeng Krachan Elephant Park

Markus Schietsch Architekten GmbH
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Markus Schietsch Architekten GmbH
Hardstrasse 69, 8004 Zürich, Switzerland