Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects invited Cave Urban to create a natural material tunnel for the African Savannah Precinct at Taronga Zoo, Sydney.

The Australian bushfires of January 2020 resulted in a huge loss of native forest followed by a systematic forest clean-up, run by the local governments. Cave Urban salvaged some of these hard wood branches and reused them as cladding for the Lion Tunnel.

Client: Taronga Conservation Society Australia
Dimensions: 9.4m [tunnel length] x 3m x 3.3m
Location: The African Savannah Precinct - Taronga Zoo, Sydney - Australia
Design: Juan Pablo Pinto, Jed Long
Team: Lachlan Brown, Mercurio Alvarado, Seb Guy, May Baker-Fohring, Bennedict Devals, Max Volfneuk, Alexis Berquand
Steel Structure: Marco Steel