苏黎世动物园Lewa Savanne
Lewa Savanne, Zoo Zurich
Endless Expanses via Clever Perspectives
苏黎世动物园过去是展示活动物的地方，现在游客们可以看到与物种保护相一致的复杂栖息地。其中之一是Lewa Savannah。这座新建筑是长颈鹿、犀牛、斑马和其他物种的家园，它们都生活在一起。植物的种类、岩石的形成和技巧，以及设计和透视，赋予了非洲热带草原在Z里克伯格森林中间的开放和气氛的感觉。
Where living animals used to be put on display, visitors to Zurich’s zoo are now presented with complex habitats in line with species conservation. One of them is the Lewa Savannah. The new complex is home to giraffes, rhinos, zebras and other species, all living together. The plant species, rock formation and tricks with the design and perspective give a sense of the openness and atmosphere of the African savannah in the middle of the forests of the Zürichberg.
Swaying grasses, trees with wide canopies, groups of shrubs in the open landscape, the silhouette of a large baobab – these are the defining elements of the savannah, both in Africa and in its reproduction in Zoo Zurich.
Multi-functional Spatial Divider
有一条裂缝穿过略微倾斜的复杂地形。它被设计成一个突兀的边缘，有时作为边界，有时作为游客在大草原上漫步的高架道路——经过羚羊、猫鼬、犀牛、长颈鹿、鸵鸟和斑马。然后，边缘再次成为一个令人兴奋的景观，有时也成为一个伪装：在那里它过渡到一个峡谷，就像它可能发生在原始景观中一样，长颈鹿围栏被整合到人工景观中。从动物们聚集在一起饮水和洗澡的水坑出来的是一条干涸的河床。
There is a cleft that runs through the terrain of the slightly sloping complex. Designed as an abrupt edge, it sometimes acts as its boundary, sometimes as the elevated path on which visitors roam through the savannah – past antelopes, meerkats, rhinos, giraffes, ostriches and zebras. Then again, the edge becomes an exciting view and occasionally also a camouflage: where it transitions into a gorge, just like it could occur in the original landscape, the giraffe enclosure is integrated into the artificial landscape. Emerging from the watering hole, where the animals gather for drinking and bathing, is a wadi, a largely dry riverbed.
Ecosystem with a Human Presence
“Kopjes”是非洲特有的巨大单子丘，是大草原的又一景观元素。苏黎世的豪猪和鬣狗的圈地就在繁殖岩层中。然而，人类存在的证据也是画面的一部分。一辆似乎卡住了的狩猎巴士充当动物观察站，而机场航站楼和Lewa村的旅游学校则向游客介绍非洲旅游业的重要方面。多样的动物园基础设施以独特的方式轻松融入大草原景观。多亏了银行，建筑群的边界是看不见的。苏黎世的大草原似乎一直延伸到眼睛所能看到的地方——森林的边缘。
The ‘Kopjes”, huge monadnocks that are typical of Africa are a further landscape element of the savannah. The reproduction rock formations house the porcupine and hyaena enclosures in Zurich. However, evidence of a human presence is also part of the picture. A safari bus that has seemingly become stuck serves as an animal observation station, while the airport terminal and the tourism school in the Lewa village inform visitors about important aspects of tourism in Africa. The diverse zoo infrastructure easily integrates into the savannah landscape in an individual manner. The boundary of the complex is invisible, thanks to a bank. Zurich’s Savannah seems to go on as far as the eye can see – the edge of the forest.
Client: Zoo Zürich AG
Project planning: 2014-2017
Implementation: 2017-2020
Area: 56’000 m²
Architects: L3P Architekten AG, Regensberg
Photograph: Hannes Henz
