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Pelican House

On the First Island of Zagreb Zoo, besides the main entrance building, another new building – a Dalmatian pelican house (the largest spicies of pelican in the world) is located.

Unlike the main entrance, this house is trying to hide. Partially sunken with its green roof and its soft shape in the coating of woodlogs, it wants to be drowned in the landscape to give way to the importance of seeing and presenting the real stars – pelicans. Technically, most of the things in this project is subordinated to the living and motion of pelican, and the form of the house is a try to escape from imposing its appearance to the visitors of the Zoo Garden.

Project name

Ugljan rest houses

Typology

Public

Location

Zoo Park Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia

Year

2016

Status

Built, in use

Size

120 sqm

Client

Zoo Zagreb

Collaborators

ABWD, Pitex, Perpetuo projekt, Ivanka Mlinarić, Monika Fiby, Dirk Petzold

Design team

Domagoj Katalin, Mirjana Krndelj