Architect：Eleena Jamil Architect;Yusri Amri Yussoff;Shahril M Ramli

Location：Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; | ;

Project Year：2015

Category：Private Houses

The Bamboo Playhouse is a public pavilionlocated in Kuala Lumpur’s oldest and arguably, most picturesque park – the Perdana Botanical Gardens. The park is located right in the heart of the capital city and is very popular with locals and tourists. The pavilion itself is situated on a small island in a large lake that stretches through the centre of the park. The use of bamboo in contemporary buildings is very rare in Malaysia and this building explores its potential as a sustainable building material.

Positioned along theedge of the lake, the playhouse is an open structure with raised square platforms set at multiple levels.Inspiration for the playhouse stems from traditional vernacular structures called the‘wakaf’which are originally found in villages or ‘kampungs’. These structuresare essentially freestanding shelters that can be used freely by anyone in the community as a place to rest.Here, the playhouse can be described as a series of ‘wakafs’ grouped together to form an animated and playfulbamboo structure that blends harmoniously with the beautiful greenery of the botanical garden. It offers a series of indeterminate spaces, offering various opportunities of use and occupation.

The pavilion consists of thirty-one identical square decks set at various, seemingly random heights, creating a playful three-dimensional floorscape. Above the floor level arerepetitive modular structures made entirely out of bamboo. From the centre of each deck, a tree-like column rises up to support the roof. ‘Tree-houses’, in the form of bamboo baskets, are hung off the columns and they add another ‘playful’ element to the pavilion.

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