Comments on: Korkeasaari Zoo by Beckmann-N’Thépé and TN+ http://www.dezeen.com/2009/02/23/korkeasaari-zoo-by-beckmann-n%e2%80%99thepe-and-tn/ architecture and design magazine Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:21:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Kester http://www.dezeen.com/2009/02/23/korkeasaari-zoo-by-beckmann-n%e2%80%99thepe-and-tn/comment-page-1/#comment-504184 Kester Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:12:05 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/02/23/korkeasaari-zoo-by-beckmann-n%e2%80%99thepe-and-tn/#comment-504184 This site is great. I wish I had more time to sit and read each post but I gotta get to work. I will be back for sure. Keep up the great work. Thanks. This site is great. I wish I had more time to sit and read each post but I gotta get to work. I will be back for sure. Keep up the great work. Thanks.

]]> By: Allen Nyhuis http://www.dezeen.com/2009/02/23/korkeasaari-zoo-by-beckmann-n%e2%80%99thepe-and-tn/comment-page-1/#comment-381004 Allen Nyhuis Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:15:49 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/02/23/korkeasaari-zoo-by-beckmann-n%e2%80%99thepe-and-tn/#comment-381004 As Matias is somewhat saying above, humans and animals are different. Animals are not like people, in having a desire for "freedom" the same way we do. They are all about eating, sleeping, and procreating, so as long as their instinctive needs are met, they will be happy. Thus, there is nothing at all bad about zoos. In fact, if not for zoos, many more animals would be extinct. Besides this, zoos bring animals to people, in particular children. When children learn to love animals, they will grow up to protect animals. This architecture truly does look exciting! I can't wait to go see it for myself. Allen Nyhuis, Coauthor: America's Best Zoos As Matias is somewhat saying above, humans and animals are different. Animals are not like people, in having a desire for “freedom” the same way we do. They are all about eating, sleeping, and procreating, so as long as their instinctive needs are met, they will be happy. Thus, there is nothing at all bad about zoos. In fact, if not for zoos, many more animals would be extinct. Besides this, zoos bring animals to people, in particular children. When children learn to love animals, they will grow up to protect animals.

This architecture truly does look exciting! I can’t wait to go see it for myself.

Allen Nyhuis, Coauthor: America’s Best Zoos

]]> By: Matias Blair http://www.dezeen.com/2009/02/23/korkeasaari-zoo-by-beckmann-n%e2%80%99thepe-and-tn/comment-page-1/#comment-249130 Matias Blair Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:04:40 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/02/23/korkeasaari-zoo-by-beckmann-n%e2%80%99thepe-and-tn/#comment-249130 humans amd animal are species totally diferent.... they don't gonna understand why this architecture are so poor, and they gonna feel bad because the biological enviroment are so facke. terrible design¡ humans amd animal are species totally diferent…. they don’t gonna understand why this architecture are so poor, and they gonna feel bad because the biological enviroment are so facke. terrible design¡

]]> By: bas http://www.dezeen.com/2009/02/23/korkeasaari-zoo-by-beckmann-n%e2%80%99thepe-and-tn/comment-page-1/#comment-238207 bas Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:09:18 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/02/23/korkeasaari-zoo-by-beckmann-n%e2%80%99thepe-and-tn/#comment-238207 it looks insane, shame im against zoo's! it looks insane, shame im against zoo’s!

]]> By: Aaron http://www.dezeen.com/2009/02/23/korkeasaari-zoo-by-beckmann-n%e2%80%99thepe-and-tn/comment-page-1/#comment-237908 Aaron Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:27:06 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/02/23/korkeasaari-zoo-by-beckmann-n%e2%80%99thepe-and-tn/#comment-237908 Exactly *how * is this excellent architecture? Because it makes people go 'wow'? Excellent architecture, among other things, responds to the requirements of the brief. One would hope one of the key requirements of the brief was to house the animals in a humane way. I would suggest that a primary way of doing this would have been to have as little 'architecture' as possible. Many people wouldn't choose to live in a building like this. I suspect even fewer animals would. The same goes for Lord Foster's zoo design. Exactly *how * is this excellent architecture? Because it makes people go ‘wow’? Excellent architecture, among other things, responds to the requirements of the brief. One would hope one of the key requirements of the brief was to house the animals in a humane way. I would suggest that a primary way of doing this would have been to have as little ‘architecture’ as possible.

Many people wouldn’t choose to live in a building like this. I suspect even fewer animals would. The same goes for Lord Foster’s zoo design.

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