penguins – Koda Creative – Artificial Rock

Humboldt Penguin Habitat Scheveningen Sealife Centre

Koda Creative were asked to build the artificial rock for this Humboldt Penguin habitat at Scheveningen Sealife Centre, Holland. We made 165 m2 of rock inspired by the Chilean/Peruvian coastline from where this species originates.

Architect on this project was MDM Advies
Designer of decoration/theming and project manager was Ton Van Helden

Penguins look at their new habitat. — The penguins cast their eyes over their new habitat.

Nest boxes disguised as caves in the rock. — Nesting burrows built into artificial rock.

Penguin's eye view of habitat. — Birds eye view of the Chilean coastline inspired habitat.

Birds eye view. — Planting list included this *rosmarinus*.

Penguin come on to dry land. — Back to dry land.

Group of penguins in artificial habitat. — Waterfall.

words — A popular spot. Mixture of sand and rock.

A penguin comes on to dry land. — Slope and steps carved into the artificial rock at strategic points.

View of penguin habitat — Opening day. Photo by Sven Molkenboer

Humboldt penguin habitat model

Here are a few shots of our concept model for a Humboldt penguin enclosure. Working closely with Paradise Park, this is a re-design of their existing area which although worked well, needed a more natural looking feel. We built this model after researching the natural habitat and breeding areas of these birds.

Work has already started on the actual enclosure so I will put on more pictures as the project develops.