ZOO AND AQUARIUMS
The Amazon tank is set to be one of the highlights of the Attica Park Zoo aquarium
ATTICA PARK ZOO GETS AQUARIUM FOR ATHENS
Construction of a major new public aquarium at Attica Park Zoo near Athens, Greece, is to get underway later this year. Owned and managed privately by
Attica Thematic Park SA, the 6,000sq m (65,000sq ft) indoor and outdoor project is being planned by the co-architect of the new Acropolis Museum, Michael Photiadis, with Lazenby Design Associates. It will form part of a development that includes a museum of evolution designe by Lazenby, which is currently under construction. The aquarium, named Okeanopolis, will feature exhibits from several contrast-
ing aquatic biomes including temperate, tropical, fresh and saltwater environ- ments from Africa, North and South America, Caribbean, Indo-Pacific and the Mediterranean. As well as numer- ous smaller exhibits, other highlights will include a large flooded Amazon tank with a 360˚ acrylic tunnel leading through mas- sive rainforest trees and a one million-litre tropical reef exhibit representing the Palau Islands of Micronesia. Some exhibits will utilise multimedia
technology, while a substantial interactive educational zone will raise awareness of the plight of the world’s oceans, rivers and lakes in the face of climate change, pollu- tion and habitat destruction. Okeanopolis is due to open in early 2012.
HAGENBECK ENTERS ICY WATERS
Lazenby has also completed the design phase of the new polar exhibit Eismeer (The Ice Sea) for Hagenbeck Tierpark in Hamburg. The E20m (£16.7m, US$24.4m) project is the second exhibit that Lazenby has collaborated on with the German zoo. Launched in 1907 by Carl Hagenbeck,
the family-run facility is home to 1,850 animals from all over the world. Creative director of Lazenby Design Associates, David Lazenby says: “Hagenbeck is histori- cally important as it was the first zoo in the world to construct naturalistic exhibits. It’s a privilege to be carrying that legacy into the 21st century with an exhibit that truly recreates areas from our polar regions.” Eismeer will replace the zoo’s 100-year- old polar Panorama, which was in a poor state of repair due to the ravages of time, including bomb damage from WW2. Its demolition became an opportunity to enlarge the habitats and create more inter- esting spaces for the inhabitants. The new exhibit will feature environ- ments from the Arctic, Antarctic and
Patagonia. Massive cliffs, rock pinnacles, coves, sea caves and a refrigerated ice exhibit will cover a footprint of more than 10,000sq m (108,000sq ft) and will require more than 13,000sq m (140,000sq ft) of artificial rock work. A winding walkway over a kilometre long will lead through several levels of edu- cational exhibits, underwater views and panoramic overlooks. The spacious habi- tats will be home to polar bears, walrus, seals, and several species of penguins. Lazenby took a voyage to Antarctica
to document the various ecosystems as research for the project. Geology, land- forms, lichens, ice formations and the types of boulders and gravel on beaches will be replicated within the landscapes. The key conservation messages will be
led with the effect of climate change on the polar regions, how it is damaging the deli- cate balance of the ecosystems and the resulting effect on the wildlife. Construction of Eismeer began in April
2010 and Lazenby Design Associates will remain on the team as art directors until the exhibit opens in 2011. The project is being funded privately by the zoo with sup- port from the city of Hamburg. l
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