San Diego Zoo Safari Park
DPA lead the team of architects, engineers, and water quality specialists in the design and construction of the new 5.2 acre Tiger exhibit built to house the park’s six Sumatran tigers, while providing a uniquely up-close and interactive experience for visitors. The attraction provides multiple tiger habitats and viewing areas designed to treat guests to face-to-face encounters with the animals. As visitors wind their way through lush landscaping, the attraction unfolds slowly and distinct features of the exhibit come into view. A glass-walled underwater viewing area and a dramatic waterfall with a pond below allow guests exhilarating views of the water-loving tigers. Further on visitors can wander through the Sumatran Longhouse, a 9,000 square-foot building featuring the sharply sloping roof line and ornate carved details characteristic of traditional Indonesian architecture. Just on the others side of the thick glass Longhouse walls tigers lounge on heated rocks, providing some of the exhibit’s best photo opportunities.
