exhibit design

Inspired by an idea I had regarding the future of Sun Bear Forest, Urban Jungle, and the Bear Canyon Grottos of the San Diego Zoo — edits were made using Procreate.

This is by no means all the birds kept in open air/hoofstock yards, so please add anything you feel belongs here. Ostrich Emu Greater rhea Greater flamingo African sacred ibis White ibis African spoonbill Saddle-billed stork Marabou stork Yellow-billed stork Blue crane Black-crowned crane East...

Hello everyone, My last speculative zoo project, the Hainan biodome, met its downfall since I didn't like the direction it was going towards. However, this project will hopefully be more successful, since I will probably plan more instead of improvise on the fly. Anyway, on to the fun stuff...

A thread for asking about walk-through exhibits, after the excellent thread of @snowleopard showed a number of zoos keeping sitatunga in walkthrough paddocks. Are there any walk-through exhibits with any gazelle species?

The new revision of this map, specifically, pays homage to the first iteration made three years ago (2021); which was one of the first detailed maps I ever posted for ZooChat.

Like Arctic Passage, this map is not affiliated with my exhibit showcase thread; but I nonetheless wanted to experiment my map-making skills with this original design.

Before I take on the inevitable Project of Designing a Whole Speculative zoo, I have decided to set out a goal to design smaller/ Large exhibits before taking on a whole zoo at once. Considering That I am new to Speculative Zoo design, When I design my exhibits, can I recieve feeback or...

Hi, looking for some help/advice! I am a veterinary technician who loves zoos and aquariums. I volunteer in the marine mammal/sea turtle rescue clinic at our local aquarium. My boyfriend loves his reptiles and is constantly working on the enclosures he has for our bearded dragon and two red...

From carnivore grottoes, to Hagenbeck panoramas, to walkthrough exhibits, and now more recent developments like animal walkways (e.g Zoo360) and predator/prey displays. Zoo exhibition and animal enclosures has come very far from the tiny, barren cages commonly seen in the past. What do you think...

This ambitious complex was created for my exhibit showcase thread; and is designed to successfully display elephants, giraffes, and rhinos together in a way that no zoo has managed to achieve in recent years.

This specific enclosure was made and created for my exhibit showcase thread, and was designed to highlight six unique animals that call the Ethiopian Highlands their home.

Without using "private vs public" as a reason, what do you think intrinsically separates zoos from other, similar facilities accredited by the AZA?

I've been thinking of using generic ostrich in lieu of Arabian ostrich, and I'm wondering if something similar has been done in zoos already. Afterall, many large animal species exant today, such as lions and leopards, historically had much wider distributions than today.

This specific enclosure was made and created for my exhibit showcase thread, and was designed to highlight many of the unique animal life that calls the Pantanal their home.

Hi everybody! I've just recently gained access to the Speculative Zoo Design & Planning forum, and it couldn't have happened at a better time! I'm taking a course on architecture and design right now. Recently, my class was given an assignment to develop anything we are passionate about, and for...

What you saw in a zoo and think is innovative, groundbreaking, or could be adopted by more zoos? Especially with photos on Zoochat. This can be related to ways to exhibit animals, visitor facilities, education or something else. I am especially curious about things which are not very expensive...

Like the previous version that I made two years ago, this so called “pocket exhibit” is a speculative complex that is mostly dedicated to the infamously iconic meerkat, along with a few animals that directly live alongside them.

With the Rembrandt Park Zoo being officially completed. I suppose that some of you might’ve been curious as to what will come next after Rembrandt’s conclusion. Knowing this, I figured that now would be the start of something new, and this thread will be exactly that. Essentially, this thread...

Seeing how it‘s nearly been three years since the original layout was first made. Since then, I made my decision to remake the entire complex, with a redesigned layout that is highlighted below:

After several threads about zoos with limited space, I imagined a zoo only 5 hectares (12,3 acres) of area, but not missing big animals, not cramped nor impoverished. I limited large animals to relatively few species, but with spacious enclosures similar in size to newly built exhibits in other...