House for Tasmanian Kangaroos, Copenhagen Zoo: Building Images, Architecture
House for Tasmanian Kangaroos in Copenhagen Zoo
Building for Animals in Denmark – design by White Arkitekter
9 Dec 2016
House for Tasmanian Kangaroos
Design: White Arkitekter
Location: Roskildevej 32, Copenhagen, Denmark
White Arkitekter designs timber house for Tasmanian Kangaroos in Copenhagen Zoo

Scandinavian firm White Arkitekter is behind the design of the new house for the Tasmanian Kangaroos in the Copenhagen Zoo. Without the barrier of a fence, visitors can meet the kangaroos up close, but on the animals? terms.

When the Copenhagen Zoo decided to open the new area ?Tasmania?, it faced a well-known dilemma: how can educational institutions and amusement facilities allow visitors to experience the life and behaviour of animals whilst preserving their residents? integrity and shielding them from stress" The answer became the new Tasmania, a highly praised shared space for a mixed company of animals and visitors. White?s contribution to Tasmania is The Kangaroo House, a shelter for the kangaroos during bad weather as well as a facilitator of wildlife encounters. The structure also functions as a clear gate to demarcate and separate the private and the public eye.
?White?s solution is a cylindrical timber house with a concrete flooring with a heated subfloor for occasions where the outdoor temperature drops below zero degrees Celsius. It is steel framed and clad in thermal timber ...