MILWAUKEE COUNTY ZOO
Adventure Africa Elephant Exhibit
ARCHITECT
HGA Architects
SELF-PERFORM
Concrete, Carpentry
LOCATION
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
SIZE
20,000 square feet
PROJECT SCOPE
The new 20,000-square-foot center features a recreation room, five stalls, the outdoor habitat features a watering hole, feeding and enrichment walls, shade structures, and a demonstration pavilion. It is estimated that approximately 7,360 bolt holes were pre-drilled through the 1/4″ containment walls and 3/16″ containment angles to be able to hang all the 2×6's in the hoofstock building.
“With the assignment of the team that we had, they, from the beginning, had been just so involved, so efficient, and really interested in making sure this was going to be a real treasure for the whole community."
— Chuck Wikenhauser, Zoo Director, Milwaukee County Zoo
AWARDS
Top Projects, The Daily Reporter, 2019