The Asia exhibit is a one-of-a-kind and award-winning exhibit area at the north end of the Zoo that showcases diverse landscapes, ranging from lush Indonesian forests to the slopes Himalayan mountains. The Asia Exhibit 4.5-acre habitat creates new standards for animal care, featuring rotational “flex” habitats for snow leopards, Malayan tigers, orangutans, and Steller’s sea eagles. Visitors can explore immersive environments including forests, mountains, and coastlines while watching these amazing creatures engage in natural behaviors.
Our team, comprised of Zoo designers, landscape architects, architects, and specialty engineers worked diligently to coordinate an extremely complex web of support infrastructure, artificial rockwork, animal enrichment elements, and visitor experience interpretive components to bring this magical world into existence. What once was a dormant decaying cottonwood grove at the north end of the Zoo is now one of its most active environments allowing the wild great apes and humans alike to brachiate through this artificial jungle. Tigers and snow leopards roam around spacious exhibits, and sea eagles to soar to their nests.
Designed in collaboration with CLR Design, this new exhibit won the 2024 National Association of Zoo & Aquariums Significant Achievement Exhibit Award, which acknowledges excellence in live animal display and exhibit design.
Size of Project: 4.5-acre development with 14,500+ square feet of structures
Cost: $30,000,000