Pritzker Family Children's Zoo at Lincoln Park Zoo
Citation of Merit
- architectureisfun, Inc.; Luckey & Company
- Lincoln Park Zoo
- Architect of record: EHDD
- Consultants Red Box Studio (Specialty Fabrication); Alejandro Romero; Klein & Hoffman Structural Engineers
- Division Institutional
- Location Chicago, IL
- General contractor Pepper Construction
Overview
An indoor landscape of discovery and magic, the Children's Zoo is an artful wonderland where plywood leaves climb to the sky, tipped columns suggest angled tree trunks, and children huddle in wire mesh nests looking down into terrariums and an aviary. Light, shadow, touch and sound overlap one another as they would in a genuine natural setting, though here it is all orchestrated in order to encourage children to explore.
