Architecture and Planning ETDs

Publication Date

5-9-1973

Abstract

This is a research exercise to produce and bring to light the most important user requirements for those major mammals upon whom we have imposed our reign. It may be a document to provide a means of change to remedy an ailing conscience of moral obligations to those other members of our earth family whom we have put in the zoos of the world. The author's purpose is not to belittle work completed or in progress at the many zoos but to provide a concise reference document for future architectural endeavors and a gauge for valid criticism. The need for such a work is justified in the author's mind by the growth in zoos and growth within zoos, and the millions of visitors each year who retreat to the zoological parks and gardens to view what they systematically remove from the outside. Furthermore, this author observed too many caged animals with broken spirits to content himself with a lesser effort. The major mammals involved in these pages consist of those animals with which the architect most likely would become involved: Anthropoid apes, bears, cats, the elephant, giraffe, hippopotamus, kangaroo and wallaby, rhinoceros, seal, sea lion and zebra. Carl Hagenbeck and Robert Garner at the turn of the century presented impressively modern ideas for housing animals. The concept of the zoological parks derives its birth from these early pioneers of humanity in animal housing. This text consolidates and produces information which will enable the architect/designer to produce animal housing and enclosures in the spirit of their early efforts.

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Architecture

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

School of Architecture and Planning

First Committee Member (Chair)

Don Paul Schlegel

Second Committee Member

Illegible

Third Committee Member

Illegible

Fourth Committee Member

Michel Louis Roger Pillet

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