Design Concept Contest Winners
Because we are trying to do some unique and challenging things with our future facility, we hosted a Design Concept Contest in late 2020/early 2021 to look for creative solutions. The contest was open to anyone and everyone, from anywhere in the world. We received entries from the United Kingdom, Australia, and Jordan as well as across the USA. A panel of individuals with various backgrounds in construction, architecture, alternative energy and owl care judged the contest and selected the following great ideas to receive cash prizes.
You can review the design questions posed to the entrants here.
You can review the design questions posed to the entrants here.
First place: Angeline Jacques - Pennsylvania, USA
What we may use:
-Floor plan (addresses the inter-relation of staff and visitor spaces in our building program)
-Site layout
-Peep holes into aviaries (to make the owls feel safer and give a more exciting visitor experience)
-Shape of walk-through aviaries (to provide shelter from prevailing winds and best visitor viewing experience)
-Floor plan (addresses the inter-relation of staff and visitor spaces in our building program)
-Site layout
-Peep holes into aviaries (to make the owls feel safer and give a more exciting visitor experience)
-Shape of walk-through aviaries (to provide shelter from prevailing winds and best visitor viewing experience)
Second place: Fatimah Bagheri, Kailey Jennings & Rachel Starr - Illinois & Ohio, USA
What we may use:
-Circular layout of two-part display aviaries (to keep visitors on one side of the owls while giving the owls a wider view of the outdoors)
-Viewable prep room in the middle of the display aviaries so visitors can watch staff prepare food, specimens and do other behind-the-scenes tasks
-Circular layout of two-part display aviaries (to keep visitors on one side of the owls while giving the owls a wider view of the outdoors)
-Viewable prep room in the middle of the display aviaries so visitors can watch staff prepare food, specimens and do other behind-the-scenes tasks
Third place: Leanne Taweel - Jordan
What we may use:
-Enclosed walkway to the aviaries in the park. This idea prevents biting insects from pestering visitors and entering aviaries, keeps rain off visitors, keeps snow off the walkway, and keeps visitors on the designated path
-Solar and/or geothermal systems
-Enclosed walkway to the aviaries in the park. This idea prevents biting insects from pestering visitors and entering aviaries, keeps rain off visitors, keeps snow off the walkway, and keeps visitors on the designated path
-Solar and/or geothermal systems
4th place (tie): Choon Yong Heng - Western Australia, Australia
What we may use:
-Circular exhibits for international children's owl art and World Owl Hall of Fame
-Circular exhibits for international children's owl art and World Owl Hall of Fame
4th place (tie): LHB: David Booth and Jess Vetrano - Minnesota, USA
What we may use:
-Some type of movable aviary roof panels to protect the screened part of the roofs from snow load in the winter
-Some type of movable aviary roof panels to protect the screened part of the roofs from snow load in the winter
Runners-up:
Jerry Cleveland - Minnesota, USA
Claire DeMarco, Mark DeMarco, Mark DeMarco Jr., & Victoria Roscoe (The Catholic University of America) - New York, USA
Dak Kopec, Dafne Odette & Nyx Wenlin Zhu (University of Nevada Las Vegas) - California, USA
Peggy, John and Jack Kreutzman - Minnesota, USA
Karolina Pavlikova - United Kingdom
Louann Wright (Boston Architectural College) - Massachusetts, USA
Jerry Cleveland - Minnesota, USA
Claire DeMarco, Mark DeMarco, Mark DeMarco Jr., & Victoria Roscoe (The Catholic University of America) - New York, USA
Dak Kopec, Dafne Odette & Nyx Wenlin Zhu (University of Nevada Las Vegas) - California, USA
Peggy, John and Jack Kreutzman - Minnesota, USA
Karolina Pavlikova - United Kingdom
Louann Wright (Boston Architectural College) - Massachusetts, USA
