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"Zoo³" by Jimmy Hung 
  

Zoo³ is a pandemic zoo of the future. Animals have always been caged to prevent the harming of humans. With the current and future virus driven climate, people are more likely to pass on contagious disease-causing fatality to animals and other humans. Architecture must be used as a means of protecting animals from humans in the future. The proposal will be situated on the waterfront of Toronto, harvesting energy from the lake to offset the energy consumption as each hourglass structure houses a different climatic habitat. Water is pumped to an irrigation and pond system that flows back into the aquarium creating a large aquaponic system. The architecture provides a more expansive environment for the animals to roam throughout a spiral structure. carnivores and herbivores/omnivores will be separated by the viewing path. The viewers have two opportunities to view the animals at the same ground plane as well as above.