Adelaide Zoo Entrance Precinct comprises a series of interlinked forecourts designed

Architects: Hassell
Location: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Photo courtesy: Peter Bennetts, Edward Mitchell
Description:

“The Adelaide Zoo Entrance Precinct breathes new life into a once-neglected part of the City of Adelaide in Australia. Dispensing with the traditional boundary between the Zoo and its surrounds, the new entrance invites visitors to view the sights and sounds of the Zoo from public forecourts. The Zoo boasts Australia’s first purpose-designed ‘green roof’ to support wildlife shelter and extensive ‘living walls’ of native plants, making it a significant horticultural park and research centre as well as a world class zoo.
The result of an ambitious integration of physical, cultural and organisational strategies, the Adelaide Zoo Entrance Precinct was designed around the core drivers of conservation, environment, education, and research.
The Entrance Precinct comprises a series of interlinked forecourts that unfold over 2,000 square metres to create a natural transition and physical connection between the roads, parklands and waterways. These new links through the forecourts provide access to cafes and exhibitions via safe, lit pathways, and remediate a once unsafe part of Botanic Park – demonstrating the transformative capacity of urban design to promote safe, healthy and liveable cities.
The precinct supports a range of cultural events within the public forecourts. The 300 square metre Santos Conservation Centre includes a flexible exhibition space that is accessible from the forecourts, a 100-seat theatrette, amenities and information and orientation services. The forecourts are also designed to encourage community markets and conservation industry events.
Landscape and built form for the project have been considered as a single interwoven environment to create a unique Australian civic space. The external colour palette and materials for the precinct reflect the Australian landscape incorporating charcoal, spotted gum timber and native plants.
The precinct includes diverse prototypes for both living walls and green roofs made possible through close collaboration between the government, the Adelaide Zoo horticultural experts and the multi-disciplinary design team.
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