Nice looking exhibit, their enclosure looks modern the way it is vegetated, but the barrier to the left looks like 1960s mid-century architecture. Does anyone on here know when this exhibit was built?
@UngulateNerd92
Hi! this exhibit was built in 1975, for the arrival of gorillas Idi and Dada. Since then, the exhibit past throug a few renovations untill getting this nice look it has nowadays. I don't know why they didn't renovate the barriers with fake/cemment rocks, it would look even better, don't you think?
@David Matos Mendes ah thank you for the information. From other photos I have seen, the rocks/boulders in this exhibit look fine to me. How many renovations has this exhibit gone through and what did the previous gorilla exhibit look like if there was one?
@UngulateNerd92
This zoo in general has most of it's exhibits with a good size, but all of them are in this modern-ancient mixed style. I hope they renovate it one day to give an even more natural aspect to
For ex: this lion exhibit located in the same zoo has quite a large size (1300 square meters) but also has ancient barrier style
