Romina Carpentieri

It is important to understand where we’ve been in order to move forward, and its is also important for visitors to the zoo to understand why certain buildings and exhibits are the way they are (as we know, zoos usually do not have an abundance of money, and struggle to keep their physical state up with the trends).

Designed by Henning Larsen Architects and Van den Berg Groep, Emmen Theatre and Zoo is one of these new building that fuses society’s values and culture.

The building won the first prize in the international competition for designing “Emmen Theatre and Zoo”, the project will be developed into two main stages through a large zoological park of 10 hectares and comprises 1,150 people in total.

Later, an exhibition and conference facilities will be added.

The core design concept merges the surrounding outdoor spaces in a unifying scenography: The large new urban square; the landscape element, introducing the zoological park; the roof landscape, providing visitors with the opportunity to take a break from the noise and activity of the city.

City:
Emmen

Client:
City of Emmen

Design team:
Team from Henning Larsen Architects: Troels Troelsen (creative manager), Martin Stenberg, Thomas Ponds, Mohammad Wesam Al Asali, Adam Ciuk and Joakim Allerth

Team from Van den Berg Groep: Dick van de Merwe and André Lageweg

Status:
Completed

Website:
http://www.henninglarsen.com/

Year:
Construction period: 2012-2015

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