{"id":1250,"date":"2013-01-08T06:30:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T14:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/compositesandarchitecture.com\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2013-01-08T06:31:57","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T14:31:57","slug":"inspired-by-tortoises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/?p=1250","title":{"rendered":"Inspired By Tortoises"},"content":{"rendered":"

The pavilion at the South Pond of Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, designed by Studio Gang Architects, is an elegant open-air structure of bent wood and translucent FRP.\u00a0 It was erected as part of a re-imagining of the pond area as an educational park.\u00a0 The pavilion is intended to be used as a classroom area for students learning about the ecology of the pond.<\/p>\n

The pavilion design was inspired by the shape of tortoise shells.\u00a0 Translucent FRP pods provide shelter from wind, noise, and rain, and diffuse sunlight into the space.<\/p>\n

From Archdaily.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“A new boardwalk circumscribing the pond passes through various educational zones that explicate the different animals, plants, and habitat found in each. A pavilion integrated into the boardwalk sequence provides shelter for open-air classrooms on the site. Inspired by the tortoise shell, its laminated structure consists of prefabricated, bent-wood members and a series of interconnected fiberglass pods that give global curvature to the surface.”<\/p>\n

(Images via Minner , Kelly. “Lincoln Park Zoo South Pond \/ Studio Gang Architects” 22 Oct 2010.\u00a0ArchDaily<\/span>. Accessed 03 Jan 2013.)<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t