B. Form And Size Of The Exhibition Area: While these areas exhibit animals, plants, and people in the environment should also be planned appropriately. The exhibition areas are large enough to meet the needs of the animals they keep and the areas consist of topography and vegetation suitable for nature. In this way, the right ecosystem conditions can be provided to both animals, researchers, and visitors. Instead of separating the animals in the areas according to their species, it is important to keep the animals that live in the same ecosystem together, both in terms of location and not spoiling their natural cycle. Of course, the species to be kept together should not be related to the food chain. Symbiotic interactions have to be taken into consideration.
In the background, vegetation and topography are used to give depth to the exhibition space. It also plays a role in hiding the boundary elements. Often a sense of depth is added to the space with height differences, curves and slightly textured light colored plants.
The central area is the area where animals keep their daily lives and meet with visitors. It is easy to see. The natural area of the animal is animated with the plants it contains, natural materials (logs, rocks, water, etc.).
Figure 12 : Eda Yildiz (2021) Graphic created from Serap Yılmaz’s notes and sketches in the book ‘Zoo Typologies’.
The foreground is the areas where the boundary elements for security are located. It separates the animal area from the visitor area. Usually made up of natural materials (bushes, wood, ditch, rocks ...) placed to hide the boundary elements.
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