Hey Zooplantman. Something tells me Indy DIDN'T hire you to landscape this exhibit - looks like they hired a steel and cement company instead - who the heck needs plants in an exhibit anyways
Hey Zooplantman. Something tells me Indy DIDN'T hire you to landscape this exhibit - looks like they hired a steel and cement company instead - who the heck needs plants in an exhibit anyways
Worst exhibit design, and biggest waste of money, since Elephant Odyssey.
"There ought not to be any visible buildings in a zoo. When a visitor gets off the bus and enters your gate, he should be in a world of wild creatures. In so far as possible, your buildings should be concealed. Zoo construction should not simply provide some architect a chance to erect masonry memorial to himself. If you must erect some visible buildings, don't for heaven's sake...crowd them into one formal agglomeration that looks like a shopping center. Surround your zoo-goers with plants and animals. Scatter the structures widely and plant lots of vines. If possible, build them so that they may be easily demolished in the hope that your professional descendents have more imagination than you do."
-William G. Conway, International Zoo Yearbook, 1973
The bozos who designed this exhibit apparently didn't get any memos about modern zoo design which is how they ended up building a supersized version of the abandoned Kansas City Zoo ape house from the 1960s.
