About the Project
The Rosebrough Tiger Passage at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo offers an expansive, enriching environment designed to encourage natural behaviors and exploration for the Zoo’s Amur tigers. Spanning over 15,000 square feet, the habitat includes four interconnected outdoor yards linked by elevated trails that allow the tigers to roam between spaces—often passing overhead as guests watch in awe below.
The exhibit is thoughtfully designed with a variety of naturalistic features, including native grass meadows, rock outcrops, climbing poles, tree structures that reach into the canopy, shallow rocky streams, and deep soaking pools. Strategically placed fallen trees provide vertical complexity, allowing the tigers to climb and traverse the space in three dimensions.
The cool climate of northern Ohio mirrors the natural range of the Amur tiger, a critically endangered subspecies with fewer than 500 individuals remaining in the wild. The Rosebrough Tiger Passage serves both as a dynamic home for these magnificent cats and a powerful platform for conservation education.
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WDM collaborated with Van Auken Akins Architects LLC out of Cleveland to design this project.
