Facts about the New Elephant House

Client   
The Animal Exhibit Development Trust

Building programme
Lars Lunding Andersen, managing director
Jesper Myhr, head of construction
Bengt Holst, vice director
Camilla Nørgaard, zoologist
Jørgen Jensen, foreman of the keepers
Carsten Grøndahl, chief veterinarian
Peter Nørresø Haase, head of exhibitions and graphics

Team of advisers
Architects  Foster+Partners
Engineers  Rambøll and Buro Happold
Landscape architects SLA Architects
Exhibition architect Kvorning Design & Communication
Cost consultant Davis Langdon
Client consultancy Bascon
Legal adviser Bech-Bruun

General contractor
Pihl & Son A/S

Cost of construction
DKK 280 million

The project was made possible thanks to donations from
- Arbejdsmarkedets Feriefond/The Holiday Fund of the Labour Market DKK 100 million
- Realdania/Realdania Foundation DKK 50 million
- Augustinus Fonden/The Augustinus Foundation DKK 20 million
- Egmont Fonden/The Egmont Foundation DKK 10 million
- Mauritzen la Fontaine Familiefond/The Mauritzen la Fontaine Family Foundation DKK 4 million
- Knud Højgaards Fond/Knud Højgaard’s Foundation DKK 2,5 million
- Louis Petersens Fond/Louis Petersen’s Foundation DKK 1 million
- Julie B. Leser – a friend of the Zoo DKK 1 million
- Tuborgfondet/The Tuborg Foundation DKK 1 million
- Annie and Otto Johs. Detlefs’ Foundations DKK  1 million
- Copenhagen Zoo DKK 30 million
- The Zoo’s Business and Sponsor Club DKK 15 million
- inheritance DKK 14 million
- Loan DKK  30,5 million

Area of the Old Elephant Enclosure compared to the New Elephant Enclosure

 Old Elephant Enclosure                             New Elephant Enclosure
Total area                              2,025 m2                10,730 m2
Elephant area indoor            250 m2                    1,360 m2
Elephant area outdoor          820 m2                    3,350 m2
Technique and service         140 m2                       770 m2
Visitors’ area indoor              120 m2                       950 m2

    
Environment
• The glass domes are low-energy double-glazed windows
• The house has district heating
• The water in the basin is cleaned and recycled
• Drain water is collected and used in the basins and for washing the elephants
• Eco-friendly building materials where possible
• Concrete walls and glass roofs allow the solar energy to be accumulated in walls and floor
• Natural ventilation in the stables
• In the ventilation system in the visitor areas ingoing cold air is heated by outgoing warm air