LOCALARCHITECTURE was commissioned to design an entrance pavilion for the new zoo La Garenne in Le Vaud (CH). After 48 years, the zoo had to be moved to a bigger site and a new concept was developed, featuring an educational trail that links up the various aviaries and enclosures, moving from a pastoral landscape to an alpine setting and ending with a treetop walkway among the trees of the local forest. The key challenge for the architects was therefore to incorporate into this setting a built structure that would provide the necessary entrance functions and define the new identity of La Garenne zoo.