May 31, 2010
It’s a good thing to visit past projects and see them through different eyes. I worked on this artificial cave project with Houthoff Zoo Design last summer. It is at Avonturia in The Netherlands and is part of a unique project which combines a mini zoo and an adventure playground.
I went back there with my young daughter and watched as she excitedly ran ahead but hesitated at each dark corner. The caves have a real spooky feel about them with lots of shadowy nooks and the people at Avonturia have made good use of lighting to create these affects. The ambient music fits perfectly and the whole atmosphere is one of excitement and suspense.
April 1, 2010
Main Contractor : Houthoff Zoo Design
Further on from my last post, here are some images from the completed Colobus monkey ‘rock’ house at Rotterdam Zoo. We have built a kopje rock inspired boulderscape around three sides of the structure and managed to totally hide the square dimensions of the building. Inside, the zoo building is a fully functional home for Colobus monkeys.
Kopje rock formations are found in the Serengeti of Kenya and Tanzania and can be thought of as islands on the African plain. They are havens for wildlife as they offer protection from the searing sun and offer ‘look outs’ for mammals such as cats and monkeys.
We hope we have made an authentic looking kopje outcrop and at the same time beautified an otherwise boring looking zoo building.
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