Our team is currently providing architecture, interior design, LEED consulting, and energy modeling services for Zoo Atlanta’s Grand New View. The scope includes the new 60,000 SF Grand Entry Plaza, which serves both zoo-goers and Savanna Hall attendees; the 4.6-acre African Savanna, which will include habitats for African elephants, giraffes, zebras, ostriches, warthogs, and meerkats; and the Zambezi Elephant Center: a three-story, state-of-the-art, indoor component of the elephant habitat opening in summer 2019.
Entry Plaza Scope of Services:
- Demolition of the existing 10,000 SF administration building replaced with new, historically-reminiscent paving patterns and plantings
- Renovations and modernization to the ticketing pavilion and existing security building
African Savanna Scope of Services:
- Conversion of the existing former Grant Park Cyclorama building into a new mixed-use facility that houses an events facility, a specialty kitchen, and new space for the administrative offices
- Three-acre African Savanna transformation
Zambezi Elephant Center Scope of Services:
- Stalls and care team support spaces for up to seven elephants, including provisions for male elephants
- Life-support system equipment for the habitat’s water features and care team administrative offices with a keeper overlook inside the facility
- Full building sprinkler coverage, MEP systems include the filtration equipment for the multiple water features in the elephant habitats, and fire protection system covers the chemical storage and use rooms for the filtration equipment
- Design to comply with the 2013 edition of NFPA 150 (Standard on Fire and Life Safety in Animal Housing Facilities), which is newly implemented in the City of Atlanta
