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Asian Tropics/Toyota Elephant Passage Exhibit

Challenge

The prime landscape architect designing the Asian Tropics/Toyota Elephant Passage Exhibit needed a team capable of delivering innovative water resources features.

Solution

The SEH team designed solutions for improved stormwater drainage, filtration and retention with an eye toward improved water quality. The team also provided quality assurance for this innovative LEED Platinum project and helped address numerous underground utility design issues.

Project
Asian Tropics/Toyota Elephant Passage Exhibit

Location
Denver, Colorado

Client
Denver Zoo

Features

  • Design uses stormwater from one of the City’s over-capacity stormwater mains to supply lake with water
  • 3D modeling techniques include water quality and stormwater detention
  • Stormwater is filtered using porous landscape detention before it enters the lake
  • LEED-Platinum

Services

  • Stormwater engineering
  • Quality assurance