Yaqi Zhang
PENGUIN PARK
The exploration of edges between nature and humans is constantly explored by designers. For city zoos, the idea of creating the natural sphere become necessary and how could integrate the action of human without affecting the environment and disturbing to animals.
The abstract of Penguin Park is to propose a new animal enclosure for the Hongshan Zoo in Nanjing, which itself is a segmented piece of nature in the heart of the city.
The site is in between the zoo and the Nanjing transportation, one of the most populated and busy areas in the city. This project is seeking an architectural strategy to respond to the complex site conditions with the respect to animal habits.
Mangelic penguin, a temperate South American animal, has the ability to live in the outdoor temperature and humidification in Nanjing. Humans have more opportunities to be active and engaged with the Mangelic Penguins.
We were intrigued by the parallel between how they traverse sociologically between amphibian habitats and how humans occupy the cityscape to recreate and work.
Given that the site parcel is an edge condition between the city and nature, we wanted to leverage it as an interface of inter-human, interspecies, and interurban transactions.
The abstract of Penguin Park is to propose a new animal enclosure for the Hongshan Zoo in Nanjing, which itself is a segmented piece of nature in the heart of the city.
The site is in between the zoo and the Nanjing transportation, one of the most populated and busy areas in the city. This project is seeking an architectural strategy to respond to the complex site conditions with the respect to animal habits.
Mangelic penguin, a temperate South American animal, has the ability to live in the outdoor temperature and humidification in Nanjing. Humans have more opportunities to be active and engaged with the Mangelic Penguins.
We were intrigued by the parallel between how they traverse sociologically between amphibian habitats and how humans occupy the cityscape to recreate and work.
Given that the site parcel is an edge condition between the city and nature, we wanted to leverage it as an interface of inter-human, interspecies, and interurban transactions.
Exhibit in Tongji University and Shenzhen Architecture Biennale
Site: Near Nanjing Train Station, Hongshan Forest Zoo, Xuanwu, Nanjing, China
ARC408 Visiting critic studio: Fall2021_Shanghai Visit Critics
Instructor: Ziyue Liu (SANAA)
Partner: Weiwei Lei,Nicholas Chung