Master Planning of Zoos - Central Zoo Authority

Planning Tips
Proceedings of
Training Programme
l Success depends upon the quality of people involved
p Staff, Consultants and Advisors
l Zoo must lead consultants, not vice versa
l Staff heavily engaged in planning should:
p Receive special training
Master Planning
of Zoos
p Be compensated for extra time put in or have some other staff take
over some of their regular duties
l Zoo requires trained facilitator to keep things moving
l Planning efforts must be supported by management
l Need firm deadlines and milestones
l Seek help from consultants, universities etc but do not give up leadership
l Think about sustainability
l Support your message
l Do not allow architecture to dominate animals or landscape
l See your zoo as other see you
l See your exhibits as the animals see them
Planning gives Good Value
However much you spend on planning, if it is good planning, it is good value
l Planning typically costs 1% to 10% of the cost of a single major project
l Allows you to test ideas before building them
l Helps insure an orderly development process
l Saves costly mistakes
l Build support for fund-raising and project development
Useful Definitions for Zoo Planning and Design
Context: the exhibit viewers perceptual surroundings.
This is everything that exhibit viewers perceive consciously or unconsciously
while experiencing an exhibit.
Content: intended communication.
Basically, this is what interpretive signs say. It is the cognitive information that
the zoo or aquarium wants people to perceive, understand and remember.
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