The Audubon Aquarium and Insectarium has reopened following a transformative $41 million newly renovated and expanded building project.
An undertaking that included the relocation of their existing Insectarium from its previous home in the Customs House on Canal Street and the expansion and renovation of the Aquarium itself—two vital community of...
Project name
Audubon Aquarium and Insectarium
Architecture firm
EskewDumezRipple
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Photography
EskewDumezRipple / CambridgeSeven
Collaborators
Exhibit Designer: CambridgeSeven; Media Design: Cortina Productions; Graphic Design: Natalie Zanecchia Design; LSS Design: Andy Aiken; Exhibit Fabricator: 1220 Exhibits; Mural Artist: Patrick Maxcy
Built area
12,800 ft² addition (including theater infill) | 82,000 ft² renovation
Civil engineer
Morphy Makofsky, Inc.
Structural engineer
Morphy Makofsky, Inc.
Environmental & MEP
Moses Engineers
Landscape
Spackman Mossop Michaels
Construction
Dupont-LeCorgne (Construction Consultant), Broadmoor LLC (Contractor)
Client
Audubon Commission in Conjunction with Audubon Nature Institute
“Aquarium Room” is a living space that is based on the interpretation of the seabed, using sinuous shapes combined with a more rustic materiality of exposed concrete and rocks on the walls to create a contrast, finishing off the headboard with a large aquarium that It can be natural or artificial through the use of led technology.
Project name
Aquarium Room
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Design team
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › House
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Photography
Okeanos, Redwood Garden Bridges
