Need help designing Marine Mammal / Dolphin Exhibit

[ollielloyd]

Hey everyone,

I'm looking for as much input into rendering a new dolphin exhibit as I can. Floorplans,maps, etc from other facilities are great, personal preferences, ideas, what you think the design should look like would be fantastic! Below is the area given to work in, with a size comparison of a large dolphin.

I'm looking to design the best possible exhibit within the blue range given. The light blue lines represent glass walls that will face the ocean, so I would want to maximise that view and maybe incorporate into the final piece. If anyone wants to have a go designing a exhibit within the boundaries that'd be awesome. Otherwise as much input as possible is great.

The exhibit will need to be as educationally reered as possible, aswell as having a presentation element. The smaller area will have several pools for stranded/rehab specimins.

If anyone can help, that'd be awesome.

Thanks,

Ollie

 

[redpanda]

I quite like the idea of providing "hiding oppurtunities" in a dolphin exhibit, so perhaps the bottom could be sculpted into a series of ridges and deep canyons with rock-work arches, underwater plants, and a variety of naturalistic enrichment items (with some, like bubble blowers, built into the pool).