"child in penguin pool" by Xiang Gu, ,
The Lubetkin penguin pool was once a landmark at the London zoo, designed by Berthold Lubetkin of Tecton in 1934. The elegant reinforced concrete ramp provides a playful stage for the penguins, and it was also one of the first works designed by the famous British engineer Ove Arup.
The pool was closed in 2004, due to penguins' infection caused by walking on concrete. Before any renovation could be done, the pool still empty until now. Occasionally children would sneak in, try to experience what it would be like to be a penguin in this piece of early modernist architecture.
child in penguin pool
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