The Penguin Pool, (London, England)
The Penguin Pool The Penguin Zoo designed by Berthold Lubetkin and the Tecton Group is located in the London Zoo at Regents Park in London, England. The project begun in 1933 and finished in 1934. This architectural structure is an important piece of the British modernist architecture movement. The penguin pool was one of the first structures to begin to explore and demonstrate the structural potential of reinforced concrete and how it can become expressive. The project consisted of a stretched elliptical pool, a deep diving tank enclosed by glass, and nesting areas around the perimeter. This design was based on a concept of behaviourism. This concept was a popular philosophy of psychology in the 1930s as it claimed that the behavior of animals is a result of their external environments. To incorporate this into the design process, Berthold Lubetkin and the Tecton Group wanted to mimic the natural habitat of the penguins to provide an acceptable environment while creating a s...