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2004-Present Elmore Design Collaborative, Inc.
BEARDSLEY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
Master Plan Connecticut Zoological Society
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Project Data-
Date: 1996
Context: Within Beardsley Park, an Olmsted-designed park
Phased Plan: 7 Phases
Plan Features:
Victorian Gardens
New England Farm
South American exhibit loop
North American exhibit loop
Asian exhibits
Support facilities
Project Description:
The Master Plan for Beardsley Zoo is a blueprint for change over the next ten years. The changes involve both redevelopment of existing features and addition of new ones. The introduction of gateways and thematic loop trails clarify the Zoo’s zoogeographic exhibit organization. Extrication of the existing Farmyard from the midst of wildlife exhibits and creation of a Victorian garden precinct around an historic greenhouse and carousel clarify previously puzzling areas. The Plan introduces Asian species, expands the North American exhibits into twelve acres of newly acquired land and proposes fifteen new buildings for exhibits, administration, education, a restaurant, gift shop and other practical functions. The Plan proposes access and circulation improvements, as well, for buses, visitor parking and trackless trolley rides. This redevelopment and expansion envisioned by the Master Plan is an ambitious program to transform Beardsley Zoological Gardens into an exciting regional resource.
EDC Principal Thomas Elmore was a project landscape architect on this project and prepared the budget projections while with another firm. This project received a Merit Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects Connecticut Chapter in 1997.
Master Plan Connecticut Zoological Society
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Project Data-
Date: 1996
Context: Within Beardsley Park, an Olmsted-designed park
Phased Plan: 7 Phases
Plan Features:
Victorian Gardens
New England Farm
South American exhibit loop
North American exhibit loop
Asian exhibits
Support facilities
Project Description:
The Master Plan for Beardsley Zoo is a blueprint for change over the next ten years. The changes involve both redevelopment of existing features and addition of new ones. The introduction of gateways and thematic loop trails clarify the Zoo’s zoogeographic exhibit organization. Extrication of the existing Farmyard from the midst of wildlife exhibits and creation of a Victorian garden precinct around an historic greenhouse and carousel clarify previously puzzling areas. The Plan introduces Asian species, expands the North American exhibits into twelve acres of newly acquired land and proposes fifteen new buildings for exhibits, administration, education, a restaurant, gift shop and other practical functions. The Plan proposes access and circulation improvements, as well, for buses, visitor parking and trackless trolley rides. This redevelopment and expansion envisioned by the Master Plan is an ambitious program to transform Beardsley Zoological Gardens into an exciting regional resource.
EDC Principal Thomas Elmore was a project landscape architect on this project and prepared the budget projections while with another firm. This project received a Merit Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects Connecticut Chapter in 1997.