Architecture

Bamboo Playhouse

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Bamboo Playhouse — Wikimedia Commons image

Bamboo Playhouse is a pavilion in Perdana Botanical Gardens built from a cluster of raised platforms and bamboo columns. Its design reinterprets the open village wakaf shelter as a playful public structure beside the lake.

Quick facts

  • Architect Eleena Jamil designed Bamboo Playhouse.
  • Construction took place between 2013 and 2015.
  • The pavilion comprises 31 platforms inspired by the village wakaf.

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