Penguin Point and Legends of the Wild Exhibits
Akron Zoo
Location: Akron, Ohio
Area: 2.25 Acres
Major Project Spaces:
• Penguin Point (viewing areas aboveground and under water)
• Legends of the Wild (including Madagascar Market, lemurs, snakes, and flamingo exhibits)
• Pere David Deer Exhibit
• Tamarin exhibit
• Ruin Yard (including llama and condors)
• Meso American exhibit (a multispecies exhibit, including cranes, snow leopards, tahr, jaguar, capybara, bats and insects)
• 70 ft. waterfall and 50,000-gallon main pond
Project Architect: Frank Horn Architects / TC Architects
When the Akron Zoo passed an $8 million tax levy in 2000, several specialty exhibits were planned to educate and entertain the
nearly 200,000 visitors each year. Alvine Engineering was hired to provide the MEP design in Phases 3 and 4 of the 5-phase
project.
Conservation Canyon, the keystone of Phase 4, is a multispecies exhibit featuring the highest waterfall in Ohio, ponds and
animal holding buildings. Penguin Point will house Humboldt penguins, an endangered warm weather species from South America.
Design features include filtration and disinfection systems for multispecies exhibits as well as fogging and misting systems to
provide correct humidification and to promote plant health.
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