The Elephants in the Rooms

Book Publishing 2028

Humans have kept elephants for over 3,500 years. We built them palaces and concrete bunkers, until we finally learned to tear down the walls. Through this pop-up book, read architectural history through the eyes of the elephant.

Status: Research in Progress
Focus: Conservation Education
Collaborators: Architectural Historian, Zoologist
Target Audience: Families

Setting

A series of 3D pop-up scenes representing key architectural eras of elephant housing.

Characters

Architectural Historian & Zoologist

Plot

Traversing the spaces of this pop-up book, decoding how human-designed zoo architecture has evolved—and ultimately dismantling the walls that once contained them.

Applications

Recreating iconic historical elephant architecture through 3D paper engineering, allowing readers to physically experience the structural shift from "enclosed to open" and the release of space with every turn of the page.
Custom-designed for decommissioned elephant habitats, transforming them into educational spaces that showcase the "evolution of human civilization and animal welfare," while creating an exclusive pop-up book tailored to the venue.