Chicago, Ill. "Integrati...

Chicago, Ill.

"Integration" is the key-note to the new Regenstein Center for African Apes in Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo "Usually when a zoo building is designed, architects direct the eye at the animals' needs or the visitors' be in want ofs but they don't integrate all those things. This was a unique approach." says Robyn Barbiers, DVM the zoo's VP for collections.

Zoo officials managemented a two-year study of the apes' behavior in their old-fashioned setting, but they also studied visitors' tracking and attitudes. From these, they created a extended list of objectives, which the team.