Building bridges to resilience with pop-up libraries and community playscapes

The public library in Taman Keramat, built by Colllab and the community, is meant to encourage young children to read. Photo: Colllab

It was a clash of two worlds.

The community leaders at Taman Keramat in Ampang, Selangor may have reached out to the team at Colllab (an architecture research lab) to build a public library for children at the Rumah Pangsa AU2 Rolpop Community Garden late last year.