In 2014, CLR participated in an international competition to design a new, world-class research facility for orangutans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and several other primate species for the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It would provide expansive habitats and a strong conservation message to the anticipated 600,000 annual visitors. CLR’s concepts integrated several cutting-edge solutions to both exhibit-specific and campus-wide challenges, including proposals for a Visitor Welcome Center & Exhibition Theater, Browse Gardens & Forests, Primate Encounter Outposts, Primate Passages and Free Range Zones, State-of-the-Art Wellness Hubs, and Monsoon Campus Ecology for a Sustainable Landscape.
