Toronto Zoo's Pavilions

Toronto Zoo hypar pavilion roof

The Africa and Indo-Malayan Pavilions of the Toronto Zoo.
Numbers in brackets represent straight edge length in feet; numbers at corners represents elevation in feet.

Drawings of multi-leaf shell structures using interconnecting hyperbolic paraboloids of latticed tubular members

Drawings of multi-leaf shell structures using interconnecting hyperbolic paraboloids of latticed tubular members

Drawings of multi-leaf shell structures using interconnecting hyperbolic paraboloids of latticed tubular members


It is hard to fathom that a faculty that was touted as "the wave of the future/cutting edge/state of the art etc. etc." could get it's self into it's current jackpot. What an exciting en-devour when first constructed and opened to the public. Even had a massive mono rail(Canadian Domain) in addition to the climate controlled zoo geographic pavilions. Like many big city zoo's I just think there were too many hand's in the pot, with too many "opinions" for it to succeed at it's initial level and expectations.