Master Planning of Zoos - Central Zoo Authority

Photo: Brij Kishor Gupta
Role of Infrastructure
Development Plan and
Concept of the Zoo Architecture
Prof. Rommel Mehta
Head, Department of Landscape
Architecture School of Learning
and Architecture
New Delhi
Proceedings of
Training Programme
Master Planning
of Zoos
MY UNDERSTANDING AND SUGGESTION
Let us review the ‘Zoo’ in the Indian Context for the 21 st Century
1 Zoo is a multifaceted entity.
2. It is not a natural element – it has to be created.
3 Process of creation requires a multidisciplinary team to analyze and design
with natural and man made factors specific to a site.
4. The process of creation of master plan is through a sequential process of ‘site
planning’. Brainstorming and generation of ideas is an essential pre-requisite.
5 Since it will be a group working towards an objective, it requires a person to
co-ordinate and lead. This person should be someone trained to manage
such projects- such as a Landscape Architect under the overall management
of the Zoo Director and the Central Zoo Authority.
6. A vision and mission statement – an expression of philosophy behind the
master planning, landscape planning, landscape design and landscape
detailing – requires to be followed with a ‘vision and mission statement’ for
a specific zoo in a specific region.
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