The Gorilla Pavilion is located in the Draháň – Troja Nature Park. The territory is valuable ecologically, geomorphologically and historically. The park is involved in the international project Periurban Parks, focused on the protection and development of suburban parks according to European environmental policy.
The site is characterized by a shallow valley sloping to the Vltava River and the original development of estates with the dominant building of Sklenářka, known as the executioner's house.
The pavilion is therefore deliberately embedded in the surrounding terrain as possible. Excavated soil is used for hiding the pavilion. Places that cannot be covered are likened to a loamy bank.
The main entrance to the entire area is located at the new entrance to the zoo from Pod Hrachovkou Street. From the southern part of the zoo, a new footbridge leading to the pavilion leads to the viewpoint above the paddock. A new walkway runs from the giraffe pavilion. Both directions meet in an outdoor amphitheater overlooking the outdoor paddock.
The inner space of the visitor route represents a passage through the jungle and grades into the main space of an indoor amphitheater in front of the gorilla exhibit. The space is divided by sculptures of trees and light openings in the roof. Together, they create the atmosphere of the primates' natural bush. At the end the visitor gets back to the lookout area at the outdoor amphitheater.
The realization of the entire complex was based on the winning design in a public architectural competition in 2014.

The Gorilla Pavilion is designed as a reinforced concrete monolithic structure with the surface of intense greenery and shotcrete in the form of a river bank coloured in a shade of red soil. The interior also creates a forest atmosphere with these elements.
The spaces are heated by a combination of floor and wall heating with warm air. The heating is low-temperature so that the required surface temperatures are not exceeded. This also guarantees high energy conversion efficiency and low consumption of non-renewable primary energy.
The ventilation of the premises is forced with air intake and exhaust, in the summer months you can also use natural ventilation through openings in the roof. The ventilation units are with recuperation, filtration, hot water heating and water cooler, incl. humidifiers.