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THE SET DESIGNERS MEDHIA & URS and the happy chameleons Nov. 13, 2015

  • Vivarium turtle & chamelons

  • Vivarium Grand Rocher

  • Glasshouse vivarium ants

  • Vivarium snakes

  • Educational sign

  • Perspective

    • To have chameleons dancing, make the triton happy, take take care of  the wellbeing of this little world of amphibians, reptiles, invertebrate, from aquariums to vivarium and terrarium.

    To orchestrate the set up and achievement of the project, under the « big Rock » and in the glasshouse, to fascinate curious kids,  adults in a hurry, and connoisseurs too.

    The new vision for the Vincennes Zoo, near Paris is:”Presentaion of a Living Environment with tha animal as ambassador ”.

    The original frame of the project does not worry them: one can also defend his project in a Public-Private Partnership (PPP).

    The original subject stimulates them: they have to show and display living creatures; If it is easier to manage emotions with animal rather than with an object, the first client is very demanding… and must live happy…

    medhiaThus, the reconstitution of his living conditions, as close as possible to real life, with the right light, hygrometry, ideal temperature…sharing space with others species on vertical basis,each occupying the specific area that fits him better...  and light, working at the reconstitution of a living environment like garrigue, swamp, mountain.

    As each element is here to suggest, they imagine the concrete rock painted by artists, or the  “Tadlak” walls of the Greenhouse’s vivariums that present Guyana and Madagascar, with their 80% humidity. All along tthe project, models are shown and discussed with the museum, the veterinarians, the landscape designers, and the company ... no stress for the animals …

    The final client, the visitor, must be happy too … He can discover the beauty of the landscapes and the biotope richness, he is guided all along with specific zones of the environment, underlined by the decor itself.

    No predefined conceptual identity but a real work between the different actors with a unified vision for the park.

    The direction signs are now designed, the educational signage can be read at two different levels…Medhia and Urs based their choice of information on  March 2004 provisions, that set the minimum details for living  presentation, then  they satisfy children curiosity: Height, weight, food, life expectancy …Allways the fast rading and the detailed text with a common colour chart and icons all the way through the visit. To create a parallel with reality, a video at the entrance of each different area.

    Pleasure, emotions and informations will be part of the visit.

    THE PROJECT

    Rehabilitation of the “Zoo de Vincennes” created in 1934, showing the planet biodiversity.

    Client and operator: Museum of Natural History

    PPP CHRYSALIS Caisse des Dépôts/ FIDEPPP/Icade/ Bouygues Batiment/Exprimm, avec Concepteurs : Jacqueline Osty-Landscaping /Bernard Tschumi with Véronique Descharrières-Architecture/ Synthèse Architecture /El Hassani et Keller scenography vivariums and information and orientation for the whole Park /Setec bâtiment / Bouygues Bâtiment

    www.renovationparczoologiquedeparis.fr

        MEHDIA AL HASSANI & URS KELLER 

    Set their companies in paris in 2006, and  Zurich in 2008... forever partners since Ecole Speciale d'Architecture.

    Not only scenographs, they work at private and residential projects, offices, shops, a concept store for Breguet-Vendôme, They even imagine a Swiss gaz station's's lansdcape integration, and any subject that leads to new answers...!

             www.elhassani-keller.com

    -MH-

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