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Photo of the elephant park in Zurich from the inside. You can see a large wooden roof construction and elephants.
Photo of the elephant park in Zurich from the inside. You can see a large wooden roof construction and elephants. © Zoo Zürich, Jan-Luc Grossmann

Client:
ARGE Elefantenpark Holzbau, Lindau

Completion of timber construction:
2014

Location:
Zürichbergstrasse 221, 8044 Zurich, Switzerland

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Elephant Park, Zurich

The entire roof was built on a falsework and assembled with nails and screws to form a box girder construction. The column-free span is around 84 meters. The entire roof has skylights of different sizes ranging from 1 - 43 m², which are closed with air cushions. A laminated veneer lumber panel (KERTO®) was used as the top layer. In addition to the roof, the façade was also constructed using timber. The Zurich Elephant Park is regarded as an impressive example of sophisticated timber construction involving large spans.

Impressions

  • Photo of the Elephant Park in Zurich from the outside. A large wooden roof construction of the building can be seen. © Zoo Zürich; Jan-Luc Grossmann
    Photo of the Elephant Park in Zurich from the outside. A large wooden roof construction of the building can be seen. © Zoo Zürich; Jan-Luc Grossmann
  • Photo of the elephant park in Zurich from the inside. You can see a large wooden roof construction and elephants. © Zoo Zürich; Edi Day
    Photo of the elephant park in Zurich from the inside. You can see a large wooden roof construction and elephants. © Zoo Zürich; Edi Day
  • Photo of the elephant park in Zurich from the inside. You can see a large wooden roof construction and elephants. © Zoo Zürich; Jan-Luc Grossmann
    Photo of the elephant park in Zurich from the inside. You can see a large wooden roof construction and elephants. © Zoo Zürich; Jan-Luc Grossmann
  • Our services
    • Statics, planning
    • Production, delivery and assembly of the wooden elements
  • Products used

    Laminated veneer lumber, curved glued LENO® cross laminated timber, façade elements

  • Architectural office

    Markus Schietsch, Zurich

  • Engineering office

    Walt + Galmarini, Zurich