Zoo Frankfurt am Main

The Frankfurt Zoo, now run by the City of Frankfurt, was opened in 1858 in Frankfurt am Main and is the second oldest zoo in Germany after the Berlin Zoological Garden. One of the highlights of the Frankfurt Zoo is the great ape house, the so-called Borgori Forest. The building is designed as a walk-in, lushly planted tropical hall with glass views into the ape enclosures.

The students’ task was to develop different design proposals for the walls of the outdoor Borgori enclosure. On the one hand, the structural form of the forest served as a reference for the graphic implementation and the presentation of the apes in a historical context.