KLCC Park
Tropical urban park beneath the Twin Towers, with native trees, a sculpted lake, and a wading pool.
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About this audio guide
This guide to KLCC Park in Kuala Lumpur follows Roberto Burle Marx, the Brazilian landscape artist behind the Copacabana mosaic and the gardens of Brasilia, on his only commission in Asia. It traces his two trips through Negri Sembilan and Melaka to study the rainforest, the native trees and palms he chose from those journeys, and the mature specimens rescued from the old Selangor Turf Club before it was demolished. He died in 1994, four years before the park opened, and never saw the result take shape.
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