The pods were fabricated and woven in pieces off-site and craned into their final position. The material palette is restrained and sympathetic to the Lemurs’ rainforest landscape; matt black structural steel and recycled timbers complement the rich, organic weave of the rattan walls. While quite a departure from the all encompassing immersion of the preceding exhibit space, the Tree House similarly continues the precinct’s mission to transport the visitor far beyond the grounds of the Melbourne Zoo