Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo Chicago

"Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo Chicago"

Set amidst the chaotic city of Chicago, Nature’s Boardwalk located at the Lincoln Park zoo in Chicago, Illinois is an ideal paradigm of coherence between nature and urban environment. Check out the beautiful wooden honeycomb structure that is there.

Studio Gang Architects’ design for the South Pond Pavilion was inspired by the tortoise shell. It features pre-fabricated wooden planks that have been interconnected and milled to form the curving structural members. The top of the pavilion is covered semi-transparent fiberglass pods, which let light filter in while still protecting those underneath. Yoga classes and other educational programs use the pavilion regularly.

The pavilion is part of a larger redevelopment of the pond at the Lincoln Park Zoo designed by Studio Gang. Their project largely consists of rehabilitating a dilapidated, 19th century urban park pond fed by city tap water into an exhibit on pond life. The depth of the pond was increased to improve oxygenation for aquatic life, and a wetland was engineered along the water’s edge with new plantings and drainage to encourage new wildlife and vegetation. A boardwalk made from recycled plastic now circles the pond and includes educational kiosks.

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Color Changing Fine Art Print
Photographer: Pam Patterson
Composition by: EFX Gallery
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Sources:

"Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo by Studio Gang- A model for urban conservation and sustainability", https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/case-studies/a2290-nature-boardwalk-at-lincoln-park-zoo-by-studio-gang-a-model-for-urban-conservation-and-sustainability/

"Studio Gang’s Curvaceous Wood Pavilion at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo", https://inhabitat.com/curvaceious-wood-pavilion-at-chicagos-lincoln-park-zoo/