Elephant House, Copenhagen Zoo
The Elephant House is a currently finishing project at the Copenhagen Zoo for a group of Indian elephants. The Elephant house is covered with lightweight glazed domes that enclosure spaces with a strong visual connection with the sky and changing patterns of daylight.
Board public viewing terraces run around the domes externally, while a ramped leads down into an educational space.
Barriers between the animals and the visitors are discreet, such as elongated pool of water so that the approaching visitor encounters the elephants as another surprise in the Romantic landscape of the park.
The main herd enclosure give the chance elephants in captivity to sleep together as they would in the wild, while the floors are heated to keep them dry…
Other key aspects of the design are the result of research into the elephants natural habitat. The paddocks recreate a section of dry riverbed as found at the edge of the rainforest a favourite haunt of Asian elephants.
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