Calgary,
AB
Project size: 7.4 acres
Client: The Calgary Zoo
Destination
Africa is an authentic cultural environment comprising the TransAlta
Rainforest exhibit, Safari Lounge banquet facility and Kitamba Kafe
restaurant. A replica African village connects all the facilities
on the site. The design features visually seamless interfaces between
animals and visitors. It also offers a friendly pedestrian scale achieved
by using glass for larger and higher elements and by breaking massing
into smaller units so large buildings are perceived as clusters of
smaller buildings.