Integração do Bambú como tecnologia sustentável na renovação do Jardim Zoológico caso de estudo: Jardim Zoológico de Maputo

Abstract

The use of bamboo as a structural material for modern construction is still a major challenge because it is still seen by many in Mozambique as just grass, despite its versatility of uses and resistance similar to that of steel. The application of bamboo in the renovation of the Maputo Zoo was quite challenging, and there was a need to exclude the possi- bility of using it in the separation fences between the animal and visitor areas, and the decision was made to apply it in the new Zoo Museum, which would display information about the animals removed from the site's general renovation project. The combination of research on the functioning of zoos and bamboo created subsidies for the creation of the Zoo Museum, which is a two-story building, designed with bamboo structures, combined with modern materials, thus demonstrating a different approach. of your application. Through the Zoo renovation project, it is hoped to contribute with ideas that could help restore the status of a green, touristic space and bring people together, to allow research and for the animals to be known to everyone who passes by, as was the case in its best days, looking at the new international animal protection standards