Doing the thesis certainly became a tour de force in the massive ethical dilemmas a designer can run into. Who do you stay more true to, your cause or your client?
If you really want to create change, do you then not have to go after your findings in your research and exploration and develop solutions based on the most valuable outcome?
In this case of making a thesis and still being a student, I of course had the luxury of idealism. The choice of moving away from being safe and instead taking a big chance felt necessary and obligatory. It complete disrupted any planning I had, but it was also far more interesting and challenging to go for the unknown.
I have now posted my thesis paper/project report, with a full process description and a design sketch for the New Zoo is included at the end.