A Home for Monkeys

Dublin Zoo

2026

Working with Dublin Zoo, we transformed the former South American House, a building dating back to the late 1860s. As one of the Zoo’s oldest existing structures, it has seen decades of reinvention, with its newest chapter becoming the Rainforest House. Retaining the character of the original architecture, the design introduces a layered, immersive environment inspired by tropical rainforest conditions and colours.

Glazing graphics complement the animal habitat design, encouraging visitors to peek through layers of rainforest foliage to discover the species within. A four-metre suspended canopy introduces shifting light levels immersing visitors within the forest floor.

Glazing graphics complement the animal habitat design, encouraging visitors to peek through layers of rainforest foliage to discover the species within. A four-metre suspended canopy introduces shifting light levels immersing visitors within the forest floor.

The experience has been designed to encourage active engagement with interpretation, using interactive elements such as rotational reveals, doors, and layered moments of discovery.

The experience has been designed to encourage active engagement with interpretation, using interactive elements such as rotational reveals, doors, and layered moments of discovery.

The interpretive design process embraces an architecture-led approach, carefully complementing and enhancing the heritage significance of the existing structure.

The interpretive design process embraces an architecture-led approach, carefully complementing and enhancing the heritage significance of the existing structure.

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we create
experiences.

Bright.

34/36 Rose Street North Lane
Edinburgh EH2 2NP

hello@brightstudio.design

+44 (0)131 553 0920

we create
experiences.

Bright.

34/36 Rose Street North Lane
Edinburgh EH2 2NP

hello@brightstudio.design

+44 (0)131 553 0920